FRESNO, Calif. — Continental Prison Systems Inc., provider of the EZ-Card and Kiosk technology for cashless solutions, today announced a strategic alliance with FSH Telecom. Based in Chicago, FSH Telecom is a premier provider of telecommunications services for the detention and correctional markets.
According to a news release, under the strategic alliance, FSH Telecom has been awarded a contract for the Pima County Jail in Tucson, Ariz., to provide all of FSH's Telecom phone system services, as well as EZ Card and Kiosk's full complement of services. Pima County jail has 2,355 beds, and the facility releases more than 140 inmates per day. FSH and CPSI will implement the EZ Release Card and install three kiosks at the main jail facility's booking area, holding area and lobby. One kiosk also will be installed at the Mission Street Work Release Center for work release payments by accepting employer's checks, money orders, credit/debit cards and cash.
"CPSI is looking forward to launching its EZ Card and Kiosk products and services at Pima County Jail with the business association through FSH Telecom, a real leader in the phone system service business for the correctional industry," said Kirkton Shoop, vice-president of business development for CPSI. "This will be the first of many correctional facilities around the country that EZ Card and Kiosk and FSH Telecom join forces on."
