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Journal by Rob T Firefly on Thursday November 15, 2007 @11:43AM

When an inmate at the Riverhead County Jail in Southampton, NY, commits a crime, they are arraigned for it at the Southampton Town Hall. Concerns about overcrowding the Town Hall with prisoners awaiting arraignment, and the fact that it is next to a school, have led to a plan to conduct future inmate arraignments via Internet-based video conferencing.

I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to be arraigned over a webcam. I never look good in those things.

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CCTV (Score:2)

by Shadow Wrought ( 586631 ) * writes:

I think a lot of jurisdictions are already doing this via CCTV setups. Since arraingments are public, I wonder how long it will be until you can watch the proceedings over the web. (We'll keep an eye out for you;-)
I'm ready for my closeup, Mr. DeMille (Score:2)

by unitron ( 5733 ) writes:

...I wouldn't want to be arraigned over a webcam. I never look good in those things.

As opposed to how flattering regular mug shots are?

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For God's sake, stop researching for a while and begin to think!