Securus Technologies is a prison technology company based in the United States. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas with regional offices located in Carrollton, Texas, Allen, Texas and Atlanta, Georgia. The company employs about 1,000 people and is reported to have contracts with 2,600 correctional facilities in the United States. Securus announced in July 2016 that it has invested more than $ 600 million in technology, patents and acquisitions in three years.
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Histori
Securus Technologies was founded in 1986 in Dallas, Texas. In September 2004, "T-Netix and Evercom - two industry leading industrial correction market" - joined. In June 2007, Securus gained "international brand leader in Breaker Management System - Syscon Justice Systems.The company changed its name from TZ Holdings Inc. to Securus Technologies in April 2009. During 2010, Securus was one of a number of companies providing telephone services to prisoners in US prison Securus were obtained in part by ABRY Partners of Castle Harlan in 2013. The company was the target of data breaches of approximately 70 million phone call records in July 2015. From the beginning, Securus has acquired 20 government services, software-based businesses, technology, patents, and exclusive partner agreements.
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Products
The company introduced a system to control smuggled cell phones. In 2016, Securus managed Access Solutions has received approval in more than five facilities of the Department of Corrections. Securus partnered with Harris Corporation in July 2016 on "Cell Defender" technology. In 2017, the company announced a Wireless Containment Solution, developed to prevent smuggled mobile phones from connecting to mobile networks. In November 2017, the company reported that the Wireless Detection Solution system had blocked 1.7 million prison calls from prison.
Controversy
On May 10, 2018, the New York Times revealed that one of the Securus products could be used to track the location of almost any phone in the US within seconds. Senator Ron Wyden (D, Oregon) has sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and telecommunications companies demanding answers to a controversial surveillance system.
See also
- Managed access (corrections)
References
External links
- Official website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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