Prison Management Systems Prison Management Systems and Securityand Security

Janele HarmonJanele HarmonCPSC 420 CPSC 420 24 May 200724 May 2007

OverviewOverview

BackgroundBackground Prison Management Needs and Prison Management Needs and

Software SolutionsSoftware Solutions ExamplesExamples

BackgroundBackground

U.S. Prison System Governing BodiesU.S. Prison System Governing Bodies– Department of Justice Department of Justice

Federal Performance Based Detention Standards Federal Performance Based Detention Standards Review BookReview Book

“Electronic security equipment (cameras, alarms…etc.)”

– Office of the Federal Detention TrusteeOffice of the Federal Detention Trustee Information Technology DivisionInformation Technology Division

– Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Office of Security Technology Office of Security Technology

– U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) – Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)

/Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) /Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – Civil Rights Division Civil Rights Division

– State and Local GovernmentsState and Local Governments– Private “service providers”Private “service providers”

Inmate Management Needs Inmate Management Needs and Solutions : Replacing and Solutions : Replacing PaperPaper

Databasing and Data SecurityDatabasing and Data Security– Booking/Fingerprinting Booking/Fingerprinting

Information Information – Inmate Disciplinary Write-UpsInmate Disciplinary Write-Ups– Medical Records – HIPAAMedical Records – HIPAA– Property Sheets/PhotosProperty Sheets/Photos– Visitation RecordsVisitation Records– Gang ActivityGang Activity– Inmate CountsInmate Counts– Bed LocationBed Location

Prison Management Needs Prison Management Needs and Solutions : New and Solutions : New PossibilitiesPossibilities

Enforcing Physical Enforcing Physical SecuritySecurity– Voice over WLANVoice over WLAN

Limited radio channel Limited radio channel capacitycapacity

Voice-over-IP phonesVoice-over-IP phones– Inmate IdentificationInmate Identification

Bar CodesBar Codes Handheld Computers and Handheld Computers and

laptopslaptops– Guard and Inmate TrackingGuard and Inmate Tracking

RFID’sRFID’s Access PointAccess Point Real TimeReal Time

ExamplesExamples

AVIAN- Advanced Vehicle AVIAN- Advanced Vehicle Interrogation and Notification Interrogation and Notification SystemSystem

1999 1999 detects the presence of persons hidden detects the presence of persons hidden

in vehicles in vehicles seismic sensors detect shock waves seismic sensors detect shock waves

generated by the beating heartgenerated by the beating heart

Alanco/TSI PRISM Alanco/TSI PRISM Example: Real Time Example: Real Time TrackingTracking RFID tags for “constant” RFID tags for “constant”

monitoring needsmonitoring needs– Officer DuressOfficer Duress– Inmate Out of PlaceInmate Out of Place– InvestigationInvestigation– Inmate SeparationInmate Separation

TSI PRISM GUI

RFID tag unit for inmates

RFID tag unit for officers and employees

Officer presses duress button or alarm is activated upon impact

Playback Option for Investigations

Office of the Federal Office of the Federal Detention Trustee ITDetention Trustee IT 20062006 ““Products”Products” DSNetworkDSNetwork

– improves interaction between government agencies improves interaction between government agencies and service providers and reduce lengthy and and service providers and reduce lengthy and cumbersome workloads cumbersome workloads

eDesignate eDesignate – streamlines and automates the sentence-to-streamlines and automates the sentence-to-

designation process designation process