Public Sector Report

California’s Contra Costa County is among the first to implement the complete jail management system from L-1, Omni Jail Management System (Omni JMS), and Missouri’s Jasper County jail implemented Offender-ID for immediate and accurate identification of offenders. The L-1 solutions are highlighted this week at the American Jail Association’s 28th annual training conference and jail exposition in Louisville, Kentucky. L-1 Identity Solutions' iris-based identifications replace traditional methods such as name, designated number, wristband or photo, with an on-the-spot, non-intrusive scan of the subject’s iris, an identifier that is unique to each person and therefore inherently more accurate. With L-1, an arresting or pre-booking officer can quickly and accurately determine the identity of a subject prior to incarceration, and with powerful and time-saving workflow tools like Omni JMS, they can customize and streamline every step of the inmate management process from identification, intake, custody, and eventual release. The Contra Costa Office of the Sheriff (CCC) is a pre and post sentence detention operation with over 2,050 inmates across four facilities. The operation sought a jail management system that could address the need for fast and accurate identification of inmates and control over workflows with a robust system capable of accommodating the flow of arrestees and inmates throughout all its facilities. (Captain Sean Fawell of the Technical Services Division of the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office.) Jasper County Jail in Missouri first installed L-1’s Offender-ID in August of 2007 and has enrolled nearly 7,000 offenders into their database. (W. Archie Dunn, Sheriff of Jasper County, Missouri.)