Courthouses with ATM connections also have high-speed connections for the Department of Tax and Revenue's new property tax appraisal system. Verizon is proud to play a key role in this innovative endeavor. They are escorted to a room within the jail complex that is equipped with a TV monitor and microphone. The video link enables them to communicate with the court electronically. In addition to Verizon and the state Supreme Court, participants in the project include the West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority, Marshall University, county governments, the Governor's Office of Technology and the West Virginia University School of Law.
Parole officers can conduct interviews with their clients.
Through an agreement with Marshall, distance learning opportunities can be offered to law enforcement officers and inmates over the network. An instructor at Marshall, for example, will be able to teach a class of law enforcement officers or correctional employees located miles away. Video monitors will allow instructors and students to interact as if they were in the same classroom. Marshall is the first institution of higher learning in the state to take advantage of this new technology. Physicians at Marshall's medical school will be able to examine and diagnose prisoners who are in the jail complexes.