BY G.F. GUERCIO, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
Protective Security Measures Everything in a facility must have a security or safety component to minimize injuries or damage inflicted on personnel and vital infrastructure.
Focusing on the infrastructure and accoutrements to keep a facility running, these specifically designed products help keep staff and inmates protected. Starting with the structure itself, including ceiling and concealment systems, then fixtures inside like furniture and mattresses, and necessary cleaning and kitchen supplies and equipment, to inmaterelated items for outfitting and hygiene, and finally to mental health-vital games and exercise equipment, all can be found below. Here are measures, pre-emptive and protective, that will help to fortify your facility.
Detention-specific Fasteners/Locks
Flexible Secure Toothbrush A four-inch flexible toothbrush should be “normal” in institutional settings, says Kyle Roberts, VP of Sales at OraLine. “We have heard it time and time again, ‘inmates don’t like short-handled toothbrushes.’ Reducing the handle size and incorporating flexibility reduces the ability of an inmate to weaponize the toothbrush, keeping his fellow inmates and officers safer.” As product 10 CORRECTIONS FORUM • MAY/JUNE 2020
to help a wide range of facilities meet their safety goals while providing effective dental tools. “Our four-inch toothbrushes may have a reduced handle, but they are flexible and offer the same performance as the national brands,” he says. 888.296.6730, kroberts@oraline.net, www.orabrite.net/OraBrite-Secure-CareProducts
development specialists, OraLine works to identify ongoing facility safety concerns and develops products to address those issues, combining multiple technologies
Sentry Security Fasteners Inc. is a stocking distributor of tamperresistant fasteners, Southern Folger detention locks, and specializes in the needs of jails and prisons throughout the United States. Along with a selection of security screws, nuts and anchors, the warehouse is stocked with locks, lock parts, switches, motors, hinges, door pulls, locks and keys. Whether it is stainless steel, zinc, or alloy, button or flat
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