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Securus Releases Data on Calling Rates - Dramatic Reduction in Rates and FeesSecurus Technologies, a leading provider of civil and criminal justice technology solutions for public safety, investigation, corrections and monitoring, released today statistics on dramatic reductions in communication costs, increased products, improved customer service metrics, and improved security related features for inmates/friends and family members, corrections officials, and all of society. Communications Pricing Overview:
"Securus is providing facts today to effectively defend our efforts to reduce/control inmate communications costs and provide the best product set available," said Richard A. ("Rick") Smith, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Securus Technologies. "There are some inmate advocate groups, their attorney, and even a current Federal Communications Commissioner who uses outrageous, non-fact based statistics to disparage Securus and our entire industry with high rate examples that are not taken out of context - they are plain wrong and I believe used to incite their constituencies. Comments like '$25 per minute' charge examples just do not exist for Securus," said Smith. Smith used these facts to make his point:
"Making an audio or video call at a secure, inmate hardened phone with anti-suicide features, that is recorded, operates 7x24x365 with 99.999% reliability, dips +20 databases for security reasons, is equipped with voice biometric features to prevent theft, has word-spotting, and +1,000 other safety/security features is not the same as using your mother or father's corner pay phone - far from it," concluded Smith. ABOUT SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and serving more than 3,450 public safety, law enforcement and corrections agencies and over 1,200,000 inmates across North America, Securus Technologies is committed to serve and connect by providing emergency response, incident management, public information, investigation, biometric analysis, communication, information management, inmate self-service, and monitoring products and services in order to make our world a safer place to live. Securus Technologies focuses on connecting what matters®. To learn more about our full suite of civil and criminal justice technology solutions, please visit SecurusTechnologies.com.
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