Suicide Watch & Constant Observation
Configurable constant-watch and ≤15-minute close-observation tiers with staggered, unpredictable prompts and required structured observations.
Correctional Safety Platform
Every check, accounted for.
Sentry Inview gives your facility verifiable proof of presence for suicide watch, security rounds, meal checks, and counts — with tamper-evident timestamps that protect the people in your custody and the officers who care for them.
Software-first · Device-agnostic · Built for the duty of care
The stakes
A paper logbook can be filled out in advance. A missed check can become a death in custody — and a falsified record turns a tragedy into provable deliberate indifference.
Suicide is the leading cause of death in U.S. local jails — Bureau of Justice Statistics
355
jail suicides in a single year — roughly 30% of all local-jail deaths
BJS, 2019
46%
of jail suicide victims die within their first 7 days in custody
BJS, 2019
$1–15M+
typical range of wrongful-death and deliberate-indifference settlements
Court & public records
55%
peak correctional-officer vacancy rate — the staffing crisis behind missed checks
ACA Workforce Survey, 2024
One platform, every critical workflow
Purpose-built for the checks that carry the most risk
The highest-liability moments in your facility are also the most repetitive. Sentry Inview structures each one — prompting officers, capturing what they observe, and proving it happened.
Watch Tours & Well-Being Checks
Every security round tied to a unique officer, a real location, and a tamper-evident timestamp. Late and missed checks escalate automatically.
Meal Checks
Confirm every meal served and document every refusal — a clean record for hunger-strike monitoring, medical, and dietary compliance.
Head Count
Name-and-face counts that reconcile against your housing roster in seconds — fewer recounts, shorter lockdowns, instant discrepancy alerts.
Custom Workflows & Tasks
Build any recurring duty — sanitation, key control, segregation reviews, fire-watch, equipment checks — to your own policy, without waiting on a vendor.
The control room
See your whole facility at a glance
Live dashboards show every check that's on time, due, or late — across every unit, in real time.
Tour the PlatformDefensibility by design
Proof you can stand behind in an audit — or a courtroom
Inspectors, accreditors, and plaintiffs all ask the same question: can you prove the check happened? Sentry Inview answers it by default.
- Every entry is bound to a unique officer ID, location, and tamper-evident timestamp — records can't be back-filled.
- Staggered, unpredictable intervals satisfy NCCHC and prevent at-risk individuals from timing the gap between rounds.
- Missed and rushed checks escalate automatically to a supervisor — no silent failures.
- Inspector-ready reports export in minutes, not the hours it takes to review video and paper.
Audit trail · Cell B-120
Check completedOfc. M. Reyes #4471 · NFC tag verified10:39:12
Observation logged“Awake, seated on bunk, responsive”10:39:18
Next check promptedStaggered · due in 11 min (not 15)10:50:00
Escalation rule armedAuto-page Sgt. on duty if missed—
No proprietary hardware required
Run it on the devices you already carry
- Standard Android & iOS tablets and phones — rugged or consumer
- Optional NFC/QR location tags — pennies, not custom readers
- Works on facility Wi-Fi and offline, syncing when reconnected
- No multi-year hardware refresh cycle locked to one vendor
Software-first
Modern software. None of the hardware lock-in.
The legacy approach ties your safety program to proprietary wands, custom rugged handhelds, and tags that wear out and need replacing. Sentry Inview is built software-first — so you adopt faster, spend less up front, and never get held hostage by a hardware roadmap.
How it works
From prompt to proof in four steps
01 — Configure
Set your policy
Define watch tiers, check frequencies, staggering rules, and required observations to match your standards and state requirements.
02 — Prompt
Guide the officer
Officers receive timed, staggered prompts on their device and capture structured observations at the point of responsibility.
03 — Verify
Prove presence
Each check is verified by location tag, bound to the officer, and time-stamped — creating a record that can't be falsified.
04 — Escalate & report
Never miss silently
Late checks escalate in real time; supervisors see everything live, and audit-ready reports export on demand.
Fits your stack
The safety layer that works with the systems you already run
Sentry Inview is the specialist for watch and accountability workflows — and it's built to integrate with your Jail Management System, not replace it. Sync rosters and housing assignments, and push verified events back to your system of record.
- Roster & housing sync from your JMS keeps watch lists current automatically
- Open API and standards-based exports for records, BI, and litigation holds
- Complements booking, medical, commissary, and communications platforms
Jail Management Systems
Electronic Health Records
Video & Surveillance
Duress & Alerting
Why we built it
“Short-staffed, exhausted officers are exactly why automated prompting, randomized timing, and tamper-proof records matter. The software backstops human limits — so a fellow human being doesn't fall through the cracks.”
The Sentry Inview team
Ready when you are
See Sentry Inview on your floor plan
Book a walkthrough and we'll map your watch tiers, round frequencies, and reporting requirements to a live demo — using your housing layout.