Telemedicine is defined as the use of telecommunications and information technology to provide health care from remote locations across the country and the world with various forms of modern technological communications. With the use of telemedicine, the possibilities are endless and beneficial for patients in remote areas of the world. This would help patients who have transportation difficulties and allow patients to remain in their communities while benefiting from modern medicine. The benefits of telemedicine enable worldwide medical consultations, continuous access to updated physiological data on patients in remote areas, electronic medical records, remote examination of patients at the main site and consultations between the primary site and the secondary site. With the practical use of telemedicine, prisons are now using telemedicine to treat inmates. The use of telemedicine in correctional facilities has generated benefits, allowing states and local authorities to provide health care and treatment to inmates rather than having to incur the costs of secure transportation. detained at m...