GTL’s Location IQ® is a powerful intelligence application that pinpoints the location of a called party’s mobile device that receives calls from an inmate in a correctional facility. This is done in strict adherence with sensitive carrier privacy policies.
Using powerful, accurate carrier tower and GPS-based location services, Location IQ pinpoints a called party’s latitude/longitude coordinates and proximity to a facility utilizing all the major carrier networks and secondary carriers the called party may be on or the type of device they are using. Through the inmate telephone platform’s graphical user interface, investigators can see the location of the phone that was called and accepted in a readily accessible and usable format.
As an added control feature, Location IQ can be configured to establish a defined perimeter around the correctional facility—calls to phones within that perimeter can be blocked from connecting or can be allowed to connect while being monitored and recorded in real time by investigators.
Investigators can combat criminal activity, such as attempts at escape or at bringing contraband into a facility, by blocking calls between inmates and parties near the correctional facility, many of which are in remote areas.
GTL recognizes strict privacy guidelines concerning location-based services and requires a double opt-in from the end user receiving a call before the geo location of that end user’s device is captured. This means that users must repeatedly confirm that they agree to have the geo location of their mobile devices captured.
