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WA DOC Computerizes Visitor Tracking
Loaded on Sept. 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
September, 1995, page 18
Since 1993 the Washington state DOC has been working on a computer based program designed to track and manage people who visit prisoners. The program is called Public Access System (PAS). The hardware used includes an IBM compatible personal computer, video camera, bar code reader and laser printer. The software ...
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