CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES

While securing the outside correction facilities is a major part of running corrections, many executives are starting to look beyond the traditional security with the goal of making the entire process more secure.

Minimize Face-To-Face Time

By utilizing access control, visitor management solutions and video surveillance, correctional facilities not only ensure that the perimeter and hallways of the facility are secure; they also can minimize risk of an incident occurring at all. By ensuring that visitors are tracked and employee access is carefully monitored, the correctional facility can greatly reduce the opportunity for an incident to occur. In addition, extending the video surveillance solutions can allow meetings to take place without any risky transport or face-to-face meetings.

Centralized Traffic Control

The system can help you centralize the control of people in high-security applications like correctional facilities. Centralizing your foot traffic control efforts benefits your security detail, and enhances your staff�s life safety program. This can also be beneficial in reducing the staff required to observe visitors and inmates. Furthermore, during times of inmate unrest, remote door access control from a central location allows you to lock down the facility. Because of the volatile nature of the stockade, controlling entry to various locations is a valuable practice that helps to protect the guard staff. When you can control access to different areas of the facility during riots and normal correctional activity, you can maintain the highest quality of service and safety of your coworkers.

Problems/Areas To Consider

Emergency Lock-down: Lock all facility doors from a central control location during riots and unrest to control the movement of prisoners and to help restore security to the facility.

Elevator: Manage access to floors served by an elevator.

Parking: Areas Schedule public use of parking facilities, or limit access to selected individuals or employees in private lots.

Vestibules and doorways: Identify individuals as they enter and leave a building or facility.

Man Trap: Provide additional safeguards in high-security applications.

Stairwells: Manage the flow of people within the stairwell.

Lobbies: Schedule free access to a public lobby. Identify and log the identification of authorized people who enter after hours.

Fueling Stations: Enable fuel pumps for authorized users.

Docking Facilities: Control access to loading dock doors.

Emergency Exits: Manage emergency exits within the facility.

Alley ways: Applications for alleys.

Vending Machines: Protect vending machines. Minimize vandalism and theft.

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