Correctional facilities across the country suffer from problems that result form inmates having access to cash. The best way to alleviate these problems is to simply eliminate cash as much as possible.
Since 1989, Heartland MicroPayments (formerly Debitek), a leader in the electronic payment industry, has provided correctional facilities with cashless solutions. An electronic cash system provides a beneficial, secure means to make purchases via reusable plastic cards containing electronic funds.
Heartland MicroPayments provides three distinct Electronic Cash Systems that eliminate cash: Visitor Cards, Inmate Cards, and Staff/Officer Cards. Heartland MicroPayments has installed systems for visitor's areas, inmate vending and officer dining at over 200 correctional facilities, including 110 United States Federal Bureau of Prisons sites.
Heartland MicroPayments developed and designed these systems to specifically address the needs and problems associated with cash purchases in correctional facilities, both in the Unites States and several other countries.
Cashless System Benefits
- Dramatically decreased theft, vandalism, and shrinkage by eliminating cash
- Reduced inmate movement throughout the facility for commissary visits
- Provides flexible pricing structures (for staff and inmates)
- Increase in sales due to availability and access
- Eliminates "bag and deliver" programs
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