FRESNO, Calif., Aug. 27, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Continental Prison Systems, Inc. (Pink Sheets:CPSZ), dba EZ Card & Kiosk, was recently awarded a multi-year contract for its full line-up of EZ Technology at the Mendocino County (Ukiah, California) jail facility. Installation of the three kiosks and extensive system training will commence the middle of September at this 300 bed facility.
The EZ Technology line-up, which will take the Mendocino County Jail "Cashless," includes an EZ Booking kiosk in the booking room, along with the EZ Text Messaging service; EZ Bail kiosk in the holding area; and a third kiosk for EZ Money Load in the main lobby of the jail, allowing friends and family to place money into the inmate's trust account, using cash, credit card or debit card. Both the EZ Money Load and EZ Bail services can also be accessed remotely via a secure website or toll-free 800 number, which accepts credit and debit cards.
The EZ Release Card debit card completes the compliment of EZ Card & Kiosk services at Mendocino County, which is issued to inmates being released instead of the usual paper check. This allows the released inmate to immediately access their money through an ATM or any Point-of-Sale location with this PIN-based debit card.
"This will be our first full installation at a California county jail facility," states Gregg Hodge, VP of Sales, "which will be followed-up by three additional county jail facilities over the next two months, here in the State of California."
For additional information about EZ Card & Kiosk solutions, please visit our website at www.ezcardandkiosk.com.
About Continental Prison Systems Inc.
Continental Prison Systems Inc. (CPSI), dba EZ Card & Kiosk, is the first kiosk, internet payment and release debit card provider to successfully introduce a full-suite solution for the "Cashless Jail." The company offers innovative solutions to city and county jails designed to streamline and reduce many of the operational and personnel costs required to properly manage a major segment of detention facilities. When offering its proprietary software, teamed with customized kiosk hardware and remote secure website technology, EZ Card & Kiosk creates a system for jails for the booking process of collecting and depositing cash holdings of a new inmate; bail by kiosk or remote website; money load by an inmate's family and friends to make deposits into their trust account by kiosk or remote website; and issuing the inmate's money at the time of their release via the EZ Release Card, a PIN-based debit card. The kiosk is similar in appearance to a "Stand-Alone" ATM with user-friendly interfaces. Our goal is to help convert the jail into a "cashless" environment through the use of kiosks for incoming cash and the issuance of a debit card to an inmate at the time of his/her release. In doing so, the facility is relieved from repeatedly handling cash, further reducing personnel time, errors and fraud.
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