Facility Safety & Security

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.

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

development specialists, OraLine works to identify ongoing facility safety concerns and develops products to address those issues, combining multiple technologies 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

Detention-specific Fasteners/Locks

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

head, oval or truss head, sheet metal or machine thread, selfdrilling or thread forming, or hinge specific, if used for locks, lighting, windows or weather stripping, Sentry carries the inventory and is certified by Southern Folger as an Authorized Repair Center for Southern Steel and Folger Adam locks. 888.693.2646, sales@sentrySF.com, www.sentrysf.com

Wall/Ceiling Intrusion Detection

ECSI International developed a security solution for a client who required a facility that could not be breached without immediate detection and assessment at their central communication and command center. “Our Fiber Optic Intrusion Detection System (FOIDS) was selected to be imbedded in the walls as well as the ceiling of the facility to detect any attempt to penetrate the concrete and brick structure,” says President Arthur Birch. FOIDS can be zoned in 25, 50, 75, and 100-meter zones integrated with CCTV and VMD (video motion detection) technologies affording a layered as well as redundant method of detection and assessment. 973.574.8555, www.ECSIInternational.gov

Arson-resistant Bedding

CR Safguard detention mattresses from Chestnut Ridge Foam, Inc. offer elevated fire performance characteristics specific to the detention environment. When exposed to ignition sources, the fire-resistant mattresses form a stable char in the area exposed to flame, effectively eliminating the mattress as a fuel source within the cell. “Every year, numerous incidents of correctional facility fires occur, and many are fueled by a detention mattress,” says Justin Head,

Pre-emptive Measures: Moniteau County Sheriff Office/Missouri DOC Tipped Off

The case of Jessi Jayne Bull is one example of a crime that was prevented with Securus Technologies’ Guarded Exchange non-private call monitoring. The Moniteau County Sheriff’s office was tipped off by a call from a Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) investigator saying that Securus had been monitoring calls about a drug drop at Tipton Correctional Center. “Guarded Exchange had latched on to a series of calls from Bull that she was going to be attempting to deliver on February 15, 2019,” Sheriff Tony Wheatley explains.

Due to the tip, DOC investigators were waiting for the suspect’s arrival on that date. Meanwhile, Wheatley and his detectives kept the suspect under surveillance in the parking lot and followed her inside the institution. “She did admit that the drugs were administered inside her person,” Wheatley states. He adds that she was going to pass the contraband to her incarcerated male friend.

She pled guilty to delivery of a controlled substance and was placed on Suspended Imposition of Sentence (SIS) with five years of probation. “This case would’ve never been caught before our use of Securus’ Guarded Exchange,” states Wheatley. “Securus saves us on K9 costs and staff for those investigations, as well as cell phone extractions. It saves us a lot of time, and time is money.” —SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES LLC, WWW.SECURUSTECHNOLOGIES.TECH

Facility Furnishings sales manager. At present detention facilities follow regulations for mattress flammability designed for residential applications, not including the potential for vandalism and limited to horizontal testing.

Detention-specific fire performance utilizes a Roll Test. When synthetic or natural/blend fiber mattresses are tested in this manner, they frequently burn or smolder for extended periods, emitting thick, black smoke and/or melt. The CR Safguard, comprised of a fire-resistant cushioning Neoprene compound, does not melt, drip, or ignite, and self-extinguishes once the fuel source (e.g., newspaper) has burned away. 724.537.9000 ext. 265, 724.972.1260 (cell), jhead@crfoam.com, www.crfoam.com

Cautious Recreation

The unique pattern on the VisiTect basketball reduces the likelihood that a ball is replicated or purchased from a standard store. This helps increase security by reducing the potential of contraband entering a facility through an ordinary basketball. The vibrant colors are also easily seen from a distance and do not blend in with surroundings.

Flexible silicone game pieces

and game sets, such as one shown for chess, create a safer and quieter environment for your facility, says Erin Howell, product manager. These resilient board and pieces return to original shape when bent, stretched, or pressed. The pliable material reduces the possibility of weaponizing. They are unable to be melted and molded into various shapes and are lightweight and safer than heavy pieces, she says, as well as quiet when slammed or dropped. 800.334.9880, www.bobbarker.com

Plumbing Protection

Real-Tite Pinned and Hooked Security Expansion Plugs help address a common, fundamental and costly problem in correctional facilities—the flushing of items by inmates to create a disturbance or to

avoid sanction for contraband possession. When a pipe becomes clogged, it can lead to flooding and other damage, which is exacerbated if an inmate continues to flush the toilet repeatedly, notes Bob Lins, sales/Real-Tite Inc.

A Pinnned Plug incorporates a stainless-steel bolt that protrudes from the end of the plug and when installed into the horizontal sewer pipe catches large items before they can make their way to the main sewer line. A Real-Tite Hooked Security Plug used in vertical line applications incorporates the same Pinned Plug fitted with a 20-inch cable rope and a number 7-treble hook. Real-Tite Security Plugs reusable no-leak design features a gasket that seals iron or plastic pipe openings even if the threads are fouled or damaged from multiple inspections. 800.877.0610, sales@real-titeplugs.com, www.real-titeplugs.com

Meal-Delivery Cart Safety Designs

The new Rhino 630-G-87 was designed to fit the Cook’s brand Gator or Grizzly Trays, or any 15- by 13-1/2-inch meal tray. Just like the original Rhino carts, its fully insulated double-walled, polyethylene construction adds rigidity and strength to the cart and doors. The door hinges allow the doors to swing out 270 degrees to be flush with the sides of the cart, making for easy access to the interior when in tight spaces. The hinge pins are molded in and cannot be removed, “not even by the most ingenious of inmates,” says Jeff Breeden, CEO of Cook’s.

While the doors are designed to open wide for quick loading and unloading, they were also designed to stay shut during transport. Used with a lock or not, a heavy-duty hasp comes down over the doors and a pin slides into place to keep the latch in position. You can easily add a lock for added security or transporting off site, he says. 800.956.5571, Candace Meneou 708-253- 9100 (cell), cmeneou@cooksdirect.com

Sight & Sound Suppression Blinds

Patented magnetic privacy blinds and screens were designed to assist facilities and specialty units to control what inmates see and how they communicate. As the original developer and only authorized manufacturer, Wild Buffalo Technologies & Innovations, LLC provides correctional agencies with a solution for concerns such as: PREA, HIPAA and Sight and Sound Separation requirements.

Custom blinds include regular blinds, blinds with view ports, and noise suppression blinds. The patented sight and sound suppression works for doors and grates, eliminates inmates’ non-verbal communication, and is applicable for medical and intake areas as visual blockers where males and females are being housed. All models cannot be used as a weapon and are easily cut with an emergency 911 knife. 239.822.0345, wildbuffaloti@gmail.com, www.wildbuffaloti.com www.jailblinds.com

Hardware-free Jumpsuit

SoloSuit is a hardware-free jumpsuit with no snaps, zippers or hook and loop. Closures can cause headaches for facilities due

to inmate misuse. The patentpending SoloSuit design helps prevent indecent exposure and the lack of metal prevents false reads on metal detectors. The newly-introduced design, explains Lonny Carter, product manager “needed to be durable, affordable and surpass the safety and comfort of today’s uniforms.” 800.334.9880, www.bobbarker.com

Traywasher with Security Package

Insinger manufactures commercial warewashing equipment specifically designed for corrections environments. The Insinger tray washer was developed to wash and sanitize compartment trays and is the only NSFapproved (National Sanitation Foundation) tray washing system in the industry. By using a vertical spray pattern, tray washers remove debris that standard warewashers leave behind, compartment trays come out clean and sanitized on the first pass. Insinger’s security package is specifically designed for high-risk facilities, says Annemarie Fisher, director of marketing, and the security package replaces standard parts on the dishwasher with theft-proof components. 800.344.4802, www.insingermachine.com

Pipe/Mechanical Concealment

JG Innovations’ Soffi-Steel Concealment System is a virtually indestructible, anti-ligature, tamper and contraband resistant concealment system designed to conceal pipe and mechanicals for security in correctional settings, says President Allen Stowers. Produced with USA made A60/G90 galvannealed steel, it is

secured to the substrate with specially-designed heavy-gauge spring steel shield clips installed every 24 inches on center and are demonstrated as each being able to resist a force of 200 pounds uplift at the free end. The enclosure system possesses the unique CON-SEALIT security caulk-retaining groove. The groove serves to feed and firmly retain the security sealant along the length of the soffit/construction surface, ensuring a clean, tightly sealed and contrabandresistant system. 888.933.2248, sales@jgius.com, www.JGIUS.com