Systems or methods for managing transactions within a controlled
environment facility provide an information management engine integrating
transaction functionality and telephone calling functionality, establish
an account associated with a resident of the controlled environment
facility, and use the information management engine to conduct
transactions associated with residents of the controlled environment
facility. The transactions include at least requests, by the resident,
for deposits into the account by a party outside of the controlled
environment facility. The systems or methods accept requests from the
resident and utilize the telephone calling services of the information
management engine to facilitate the request for deposit. The systems or
methods may place calls to the individuals outside the controlled
environment facility to interact with the individual, request the deposit
and accept such deposits.