Abstract: Systems and methods for dissemination of information from a controlled-environment facility may offer a non-resident and/or resident an option to subscribe to notifications about a particular resident of a controlled-environment facility and/or notifications about the controlled-environment facility. Identification and contact information may be accepted from the non-resident to establish the non-resident as a paid or non-paid subscriber to notifications about the resident and/or the controlled-environment facility. A determination may be made, or an indication may be received from a controlled-environment facility administration and management system, when information about the resident hosted by the controlled-environment administration and management system changes and/or when a change is made to information about the controlled-environment facility. As a result, the subscriber is contacted and notified of the change(s).

Abstract: Systems and methods for dissemination of information from a controlled-environment facility may offer a non-resident and/or resident an option to subscribe to notifications about a particular resident of a controlled-environment facility and/or notifications about the controlled-environment facility. Identification and contact information may be accepted from the non-resident to establish the non-resident as a paid or non-paid subscriber to notifications about the resident and/or the controlled-environment facility. A determination may be made, or an indication may be received from a controlled-environment facility administration and management system, when information about the resident hosted by the controlled-environment administration and management system changes and/or when a change is made to information about the controlled-environment facility. As a result, the subscriber is contacted and notified of the change(s).

Abstract: An Interactive Voice Response system (IVR) may answer a call and recognize call origin identifying information associated with the call. Whereupon, the IVR may retrieve at least one category of action, with respect to a resident of a controlled-environment facility, last carried out by a caller associated with the call origin identifying information. The IVR may then present the calling party an option to carry out at least one action with respect to the resident of the controlled-environment facility corresponding to at least one category of at least one action last carried out by a caller associated with the call origin identifying information. The action may be depositing money to an account maintained for the benefit of the resident of the controlled-environment facility, retrieving and hearing current and/or changed information about the resident (such as from a controlled-environment facility management system), and/or the like.