Continental Prison Systems Inc., which provides kiosks that perform financial transactions for prison inmates, has reached a 10-year agreement with Riker’s Island, New York’s main jail facility.
Continental, which does business as EZ Card and Kiosk, will deploy four lobby kiosks at Riker’s Island, the Lodi, Calif.-based company announced June 3. Prisoners' relatives and friends may use the kiosks to deposit funds into inmates’ trust accounts using a credit or debit card or cash, according to a press release.
The kiosk also accepts banknotes and coins from inmates when jail employees book them after their arrest. It deposits the funds into the trust accounts, and the machine dispenses a receipt the inmates keep and another that stays with their personal belongings, according to the release. Inmates use the receipts while in jail to purchase products or services via debits from their accounts
As prisoners are released from custody, jail employees load funds from prisoners' trust accounts into unbranded prepaid debit cards issued by Peoples Bank of Paris, Texas. Released prisoners may use the cards to withdraw funds from any Star network ATM or point-of-sale location within Star, which is owned by First Data Corp.
Three county jails in Colorado and Utah last year similarly installed the payment kiosks, eliminating the need for their jail employees to handle inmates’ cash (
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