PRISONS
Prisons require multiple public address, voice alarm and intercom systems for the safe management of the prison and the flow of staff, inmates and visitors. These are complex infrastructures, with different needs covering inmate cells and their common areas, visiting stations, administrative offices or care for family members and visitors. They frequently include an infirmary, nursery, workshop, school, hospitalisation module, place of worship... each space with its own specific requirements.
Key functions
- Critical and High-Security Facilities: Correctional facilities require solutions that ensure continuous surveillance, controlled communications, and strict control over the movement of inmates, staff, and visitors.
- Multiple areas and varying levels of service: From inmate modules to administrative, educational, medical, or religious areas, each space presents specific communication, monitoring, and incident response requirements.
- Effective Response to Critical Emergencies: Emergency situations, evacuations, or disciplinary incidents require rapid, coordinated, and reliable response, utilizing public address, voice alarm, and intercom systems.
- Regulatory Compliance: The overall security of the facility is enhanced by using equipment that complies with the necessary regulations, particularly EN 54, which applies to the voice alarm system when combined with the fire protection system.
Key features
- Supervision and Reliability: All voice alarm system equipment is continuously monitored along the critical path of the audio signal—from the microphone capsule to the loudspeaker.
- Adaptable Intercommunication: Whether it's communication between inmates and staff, with family members, in the infirmary, or from service points in hallways and common areas, the system ensures prioritization, immediacy, and efficiency in call management.
- Integration with Other Systems: Specifically with fire detection and general security systems, to manage information broadcast through loudspeakers and intercoms to inmates, staff, and visitors, and to provide a comprehensive, coordinated emergency response.
- Modularity and Zoning: Depending on the needs of the correctional facility, the systems can be configured to operate jointly or independently, reaching each speaker zone at the precise moment. One system can handle everything, or multiple systems can act as one when needed.
Benefits
- Greater Security and Control at All Times: The interconnection of various systems enhances protection for both staff and inmates, minimizing risks arising from incidents or crisis situations.
- Operational Optimization and Efficient Management: Automation of daily processes and the ability to respond quickly to unforeseen events allow staff to focus on key supervision and support tasks.
- Adaptability to Complex and Demanding Environments: A flexible, scalable, and customizable solution tailored to meet the functional and regulatory requirements of any correctional facility.
Penitentiary centers with OPTIMUS equipment
- CP Madrid II, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid
- CP Madrid VII, Estremera, Madrid
- CP Ocaña I, Toledo
- CP de Topas, Salamanca
- CP de Albolote, Granada
- CP de León, Mansilla de las Mulas, León
- CP El Acebuche, Almería
- CP de Ibiza, Baleares
- CP Puig de les Basses, Figueres, Girona
- CP Sevilla 2, Sevilla
- CP Norte I, Nanclares, Álava
- CP Norte II, Pamplona
- CP Valencia, Picassent, Valencia
- CP de Álava
- CP de Melilla
- CP de Basauri, Bizkaia
- CP de Palma de Mallorca, Baleares
- CP Quatre Camins, Barcelona
- CP Can Brians, Barcelona
- CP Els Lledoners, Manresa, Barcelona
- Wad-Ras Women's CP, Barcelona
- CP de Zuera, Zaragoza
- CP Alicante II, Villena, Alicante
- CP de Córdoba
- CP de Segovia, Torredondo, Segovia
- CP de Algeciras, Botafuegos, Algeciras
- Youth detention center Urpica, Almada, Portugal
- Prison of Grandola, Portugal
- Prison of Paços de Ferreira, Portugal
- Prison of Lisbon, Portugal
- Prison of Forest, St. Gilles, Belgium
- Prison of Bruselas, Belgium
- Prison of Nicosia, Cyprus
- Prison of Salon-de-Provence, France
- Prison of Aix en Provence, France
- Prison of Sumail (Royal Oman Police), Oman
- Prison of Taichung, Taiwan
- Prison of Changi, Singapore