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CountyGuy674
I’m the commissary/inmate account/phones administrator for my county jail. I’m looking for ideas to streamline my process, and I’m also looking for any ideas for maybe some new technology to implement that would help not only myself, but the other officers in my facility. Just seeing what others in my position have done that they found helped and improved productivity...
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