Alaska DOC employs Lexis in Prisons
From a Nov. 8 article published on Business Wire:
"LexisNexis U.S., a leading provider of legal, news and business information services, announced today it is providing legal research to the prison libraries in all Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC) facilities. The installation of legal information terminals allows the state to comply with court mandates requiring inmate access to the law while saving approximately $200,000 per year on staffing, maintenance, security and law book subscriptions.
The Alaska DOC has installed 58 secure terminals in 12 in-state facilities (serving 3,600 prisoners) and one out-of-state contract facility (serving 800 prisoners) that inmates use to access LexisNexis(R) legal research via a tightly controlled network."
The article goes on to say that:
"The virtually paperless computerized approach to legal research allows the Alaska DOC to reallocate staffing for its law libraries by greatly reducing security risks related to contraband stashed in books and by eliminating the labor-intensive process of maintaining each library collection."
and
"'Print law libraries are quickly becoming a thing of the past. Today, budget crunches in many states are causing prison systems to re-evaluate the hefty costs associated with storing, organizing, maintaining and safeguarding their law libraries. LexisNexis helps prisons cut costs without impinging on the rights of inmates in their care,' said Sheela Kesaree Zemlin, Director of Market Planning at LexisNexis. "
Read more at Business Wire
"LexisNexis U.S., a leading provider of legal, news and business information services, announced today it is providing legal research to the prison libraries in all Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC) facilities. The installation of legal information terminals allows the state to comply with court mandates requiring inmate access to the law while saving approximately $200,000 per year on staffing, maintenance, security and law book subscriptions.
The Alaska DOC has installed 58 secure terminals in 12 in-state facilities (serving 3,600 prisoners) and one out-of-state contract facility (serving 800 prisoners) that inmates use to access LexisNexis(R) legal research via a tightly controlled network."
The article goes on to say that:
"The virtually paperless computerized approach to legal research allows the Alaska DOC to reallocate staffing for its law libraries by greatly reducing security risks related to contraband stashed in books and by eliminating the labor-intensive process of maintaining each library collection."
and
"'Print law libraries are quickly becoming a thing of the past. Today, budget crunches in many states are causing prison systems to re-evaluate the hefty costs associated with storing, organizing, maintaining and safeguarding their law libraries. LexisNexis helps prisons cut costs without impinging on the rights of inmates in their care,' said Sheela Kesaree Zemlin, Director of Market Planning at LexisNexis. "
Read more at Business Wire
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