DaaaihLoong writes: ""Video Arraignments Saving Money, Providing Safer
Environment"

Associated Press (11/02/01); Coleman, Randy

West Virginia's regional jails have spent $350,000 to enable
video arraignments to take place. The advantage of the
procedure is that both prisoners and officers are both safer
and less likely to partake in altercations. While some
prisoners may miss getting out of jail to ride to the
courthouse, other prefer avoiding the embarrassment of
encountering friends and family. The television has
protective glass for the rare occasions when an inmate
becomes violent during a video arraignment."