InmateMall | Django Development Company | Idea Maker

The Problem

InmateMall saw a niche issue and sought out a Django development company that could help them solve the problem. They paired their vision with the skills of the Idea Maker team to create a service that would prove to be life-changing for those behind bars and their families. Time can create a distance between people, and InmateMall works hard to reduce that distance by offering better ways to communicate. When a friend or loved one is incarcerated, they may be moved between facilities or be housed in a facility that isn’t local to their contacts. When they try to make phone calls to their friends and family, they can incur long-distance charges or be denied contact because the number isn’t local. Another difficulty that people who are incarcerated deal with is texting with friends and family or receiving photos through text.

Our Solution

InmateMall is a company that decided the families of the incarcerated needed service to alleviate the wedge driven between families by incarceration by giving them better options for communication. Idea Maker created a website that sells local phone numbers to inmates that can then be assigned to loved ones. Their calls are forwarded to the friend or family members’ live number, avoiding the long-distance charges. Family and friends can send photos and text messages from these numbers to the InmateMall service center. They are then printed and forwarded through the prison communications system to the inmate. This has provided inmates a connection to their loved ones despite their incarceration. The inmate can purchase the packages with their funds or from a family member on the outside. Django Development Company Our specialists created a framework from Django to build the service around. This included the back office dashboard for the page admin to process SMS messages and MMS images to the prison communication systems. Django is a great software development option for businesses that sell unusual services because a designer or admin can significantly customize it for the niche market you’re pursuing. Take a look at some of our other Django development projects.