Securus Technologies is one of the top providers of criminal and civil justice technology solutions that allow people to communicate with their loved ones who are incarcerated. This company will release articles and reports that highlight the integrity breaches of Global Tel Link, which is another inmate communications provider. The Louisiana Public Service Commission conducted a lengthy investigation on Global Tel Link. The LPSC had found that Global Tel Link added time to the calls in order to charge customers more. They also found that billed people multiple times for one call. Richard A. Smith, who is Securus Technologies's CEO, stated that the entire industry is affected when a company drops the ball. Many companies are only focused on making money. However, Securus Technologies is focused on making sure that every customer's needs are met. …show more content…
The company has over 1,000 employees and serves over 2,600 correctional facilities. Securus Technologies is accredited by the Better Business Bureau. In order to be accredited by the Better Business Bureau, a company must embody integrity, safeguard privacy and honor promises. Securus Technologies has an A+ rating for the Better Business
Smith Systems Consulting has been at the forefront of the Information Technology Services and Consulting industry since it was founded in 1984. Their driving vision has been to provide the absolute best to their customers in all aspects of services and prices at rates that are affordable. They believe they can do this because they employ the best in the industry. Their simple approach to customer service has been that if they take care of their customers and employees, then everything else will take care of itself. This straight forward approach, while packed full of energy and meaning, has proven to not be sufficient in delivering the absolute best to
Jeff Shanley, co-founder, board member, former CEO and now head of Business Development, ran DecisionTech into the ground when he was CEO. Jeff’s leadership style in and out of meetings was as if he was the Student Body President reading from a Manual.
With Securus Technology's solutions for corrections facilities, crimes are stopped before they occur, which makes inmates, corrections officers and the public safer. After recently reading a press release where Securus shared a few of the thousands of letter that they receive from their jail and prison customers, I realize that making the incarceration environment safer protects everyone.
This is exciting news and a real opportunity for the IT team to help design an information system to support the SCR training group. The new system will be called TIMS, which stands for Training Information Management System.
What happens when companies refuse to abide by the rules? One woman in Texas found out. Araceli King was called repeatedly by Time Warner. The company refused to stop calling, even when King let them know she wanted them to stop. Time Warner did not stop, but kept on calling. In fact, rom the time King started keeping count, Time Warner called her 153 times using the robo-call system. According to King's attorney, and of special interest to the judge, 74 calls came after King spent seven minutes with a Time Warner representative explaining her situation and asking for the calls to stop
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The company that make it possible for inmates to communicate with their loved ones is called Securus. Securus has come under fire for the set phone rates they’ve made. In “Cook County phone contract cost inmates and families,” Rod Wilderboer talks about how families/friends have to choose between putting money on their Securus account to receive calls from a loved one who is incarcerated.
The cloud-based technology is easy to incorporate into the prison phone system. By monitoring all phone calls, the software keeps both the criminal and prison facility safe. It allows prison officials to monitor all phone calls in prison from any web-based browser. Telmate guarantees that all calls are monitored and recorded. The program includes a phone alert system. The phone alert notifies officials of any questionable activity. Telmate is supported by international numbers, Skype, and all mobile phones. The system is FCC compliant, offering the lowest rates available nationwide.
Hi Marilyn, you might already hear that our request to include SBC into Tyler Scripted demo was declined by Sr Management. They have stated the same thing that I have mentioned earlier, they wanted this to be OCTC focus. we tried!
Company stood to lose reputation and its manufacturing license. There could be damaging legal notices and lawsuits which can harm the company for some time.
SBIRT is known as Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment. SBIRT was originally developed as a public health model designed to provide universal screening, secondary prevention(detecting risky or hazardous substance use before the onset of abuse or dependence), early intervention, and treatment for people who have problematic or hazardous alcohol problems within primary care and other health care settings (Evidence Supporting the Effectiveness of an SBIRT,2011). SBIRT is based upon the SAMHSA model and is considered a unique universal screening of all clients regardless of disorder, which allows practitioners to address the spectrum of mental health problems even when the individual is not actively seeking an intervention of treatment for their problems.
Correctional facilities earn a commission from the inmate telephone provider. Since many prisons and jails have inadequate budgets, the facility will select the provider, such
This paper will profile Jeff Hawkins, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for PalmOne, Inc. examining qualities that Mr. Hawkins exhibits that make him influential leader. The paper will also examine details of the business strategy that make this man an exceptional innovator and his contribution to eBusiness technology.
Technology has become the bedrock for different parts of the correction system. The main force of expenditures and study in the corrections field is for the use of monitoring offenders. Different technologies that allow for better control pf the offenders can save lives and help prevent new crimes from emerging. The point of these technologies is to reduce the chance of recidivism by deterring criminals from behaviors that they may commit if otherwise left to their own devices. “The role of staff in the correctional institutional environment will never be obsolete but the use of technology can enhance and enable staff to perform their jobs more efficiently and in a safer and more secure way.” (Mannix 2) There is also an increase use of
As Tektronix decided to implement the new Oracle ERP system, the company chose to introduce it in phases, based around the specific functionality or a particular geographic region. Implementing in phases, or in waves as Tektronix called it, allowed the company to experience regular feedback on specific areas of implementation, allowing time to adjust processes and scheduling as needed. The phased approach enabled the company to achieve frequent victories, which kept team and employee morale high throughout the process and provided encouragement to the Board despite the high cost and long timeline of the overall implementation.