TurnKey Corrections Provides Automation to Lawrence County Jail in Deadwood South Dakota

March 3, 2012 - PRLog -- TurnKey Corrections is pleased to announce that effective February 25, 2012, they have successfully installed their kiosk technology in the Lawrence County Jail in Deadwood, South Dakota.  Deadwood, located 40 miles west of Rapid City, has a capacity of over 60 inmates.  TurnKey, based in Hudson, Wisconsin, provides technology that facilitates commissary ordering, inmate messaging, account and history summations, on and off-site video visitation and much much more.  With this new automation, inmates will have these services more readily accessible, the county will gain significant staff efficiency and the general public will have significantly more avenues to maintain contact and deposit funds to inmates.

Starting in 1996, TurnKey Corrections commenced commissary services to correctional facilities.  Now in 14 states, Lawrence County Jail joins 4 other counties in South Dakota that are serviced by TurnKey.  TurnKey provides proprietary software housed inside a kiosk that inmates use.  These kiosks are mounted in secure areas and provide inmates ready access to order commissary items, phone cards, communicate with jail staff and much much more.  

TurnKey also provides a lobby kiosk of which visitors can make deposits at 24/7/365.  There is no fee for cash deposits at the lobby kiosk and a small convenience fee for credit card deposits made at the kiosk or on-line at www.inmatecanteen.com.  On-line, family and friends are also able to utilize a variety of services to stay in communication with their inmate while incarcerated in the Lawrence County facility.  TurnKey also provides accounting software as part of this complete software that manages inmate trust funds, booking and release procedures, reporting, and much much more.

TurnKey is very pleased to be partnered with Lawrence County.  "We worked a long time to facilitate this new technology with the Sheriff and administration and they have been a great team to work with throughout the installation process" noted Patrick McMullan, General Sales Manager for TurnKey.  TurnKey also provides jail supplies to the facility through its' subsidiary, American Institutional Supply.  "We will save the county significantly on shipping expense by combining canteen and supply shipments in to one delivery" noted McMullan.

TurnKey is based in Hudson, Wisconsin and information about them can be learned by going to www.turnkeycorrections.com or by calling 612/267-8277.

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