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RSS prisonsTop Russian nuclear scientists hit UK games show
News The scientists come from three of Russia's closed nuclear cites (CNC) which, in the cold war era, were run somewhat along the lines of luxury open prisons for the whole family. Top Russian nuclear scientists set up their... [02 Sep 2004]
Leader: RFID in prisons - does anyone care?
Leader US prisons have started using RFID chips to keep track of prisoners, protect staff and increase security. There are surely benefits to using RFID in prisons, such as protecting guards from violence and... [02 Aug 2004]
44,000 prison inmates to be RFID-chipped
News The Ross project is not the first such rollout of tracking chips in US prisons. One US state reckons it's cracked how to keep track of all of its 44,000 prison inmates - RFID-chip them. The Ohio Department of... [02 Aug 2004]
C&W secures £8m Group 4 outsourcing deal
News Global Solutions business includes the running of prisons, young offenders' institutes, the transport of hospital patients and even the building and servicing of the new GCHQ. Cable & Wireless has won an £8m... [26 Apr 2004]
NTL locks down prison radio deal
News The first phase of the deal will see the radios in 40 prisons replaced, followed by new maintenance contracts being agreed for over 80 sites. NTL has today announced it has won as three-year, £2m deal with the Prison... [01 Mar 2004]
Software pirates 'should be hung, drawn and quartered'
News Gary Davis said: "I fully agree with the sentiment 'If you can't do the time, don't do the crime', but it's costing the country millions and millions to keep these white collar criminals in already overcrowded prisons,... [09 Jul 2003]
California crims granted print-out privileges
News The Department of Corrections said it had instituted the policy in some prisons to protect security and stave off a massive influx of emails to inmates. By Lisa M. Bowman California prison inmates can receive letters... [13 Sep 2002]
Did you know your children were being fingerprinted?
News Similar systems are used in US prisons. Serious concerns have been expressed today by privacy groups following the revelation that up to 200,000 UK school children have had their fingerprints digitally archived without... [22 Jul 2002]
Symbol seals £200m Prison Service contract
News Michael Wilks, Symbol's director of civil government and healthcare projects, said the project - which involves over 137 prisons across the country - was potentially one of the largest wireless implementations in the world. [24 May 2000]
Prison Service ponders UK-wide intranet
News HM Prison Service has begun an informal investigation into the use of intranets in UK prisons. Hillmer's Telis scheme links local prisons to the University of Bremner over a secure connection, allowing... [02 Mar 2000]
A Year Ago Today: UK government e-tags convicts
News A year ago today, the UK government launched an electronic tagging system for prisoners in a move to free up much needed space within prisons. Up to 4,000 inmates were released to serve-out the last two months of... [17 Jan 2000]
Virtual court hearings hailed a success
News The pilot project connects three magistrates courts and four prisons using ISDN lines and videoconferencing equipment. UK Home Secretary, Jack Straw, has launched a report praising a pilot videoconferencing scheme which... [18 Jul 1999]
UK courts pay high price for deadline promise
News The new system, provided by ICL, Unisys and STL Technologies, will feature office automation and provide interfaces for the electronic transfer of information between courts, the police, the Crown Prosecution Service,... [06 Jan 1999]
Prison Service postpones IT project
News A written statement explained that the scheme, initiated in 1996 and funded through the Private Finance Initiative, would be reassessed to make sure that the project could deliver an appropriate system for the country's 135... [12 Aug 1998]
Europe's first cardiac call centre opens
News ITS is also planning a combined product for remote environments such as prisons, oil rigs, airlines and cruise ships. Around 1,600 GPs have signed up to Lifesign, Europe's first cardiac call centre, based in South Wales. [03 Jul 1998]
