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Securus Technologies is a technology communications firm serving department of corrections facilities and incarcerated individuals across the country. [1][2] The company is a subsidiary of Aventiv Technologies. In the past, the company has faced criticism over phone call pricing, data security, monopoly [3] and product innovation.
Securus Technologies, headquartered in Plano, Texas, did not respond to requests for comment. The company is owned by Platinum Equity, a private equity firm with over $48 billion in assets.
[2] [4] and Securus Technologies, with 20%. [2] [4] The prison telecom industry has come under scrutiny due to the nature of their business model, as high commissions paid by providers as part of exclusive contracts with individual facilities are passed down to consumers through service rates significantly higher than standard phone service.
Private telecommunications companies such as Securus Technologies and ViaPath (formerly Global Tel*Link) operate the systems, and county governments pocket a portion of the proceeds, according to ...
Dan Kane. July 22, 2024 at 12:03 PM. A federal grand jury in Raleigh is seeking information about a domestic violence monitoring program that has drawn concerns over how state lawmakers set it up ...
Mobile phones in prison. In most jurisdictions, prison inmates are forbidden from possessing mobile phones due to their ability to communicate with the outside world and other security issues. Mobile phones are one of the most smuggled items into prisons. They provide inmates the ability to make and receive unauthorized phone calls, send email ...
Securus, which Platinum acquired for $1.6 billion, provides telephone, video calls, email and other services to thousands of correctional facilities, making it the second-largest prison telecom by ...
Global Tel Link (GTL), formerly known as Global Telcoin, Inc. and Global Tel*Link Corporation, is a Reston, Virginia–based telecommunications company, founded in 1989, that provides Inmate Calling Service (ICS) through "integrated information technology solutions" for correctional facilities [1] [2] which includes inmates payment and deposit, facility management, and "visitation solutions". [2]