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State agencies tell committee Wi‑Fi for prisons requires extra study; assessments due this summer
Summary
Officials from the Agency of Digital Services and the Department of Corrections told the House Corrections & Institutions Committee that bringing Wi‑Fi into correctional facilities will require facility, security and policy assessments; agencies said assessments will be complete by July–August to inform next session’s budget request.
The House Corrections & Institutions Committee on April 23 heard from the Agency of Digital Services (ADS) and the Department of Corrections about a planned statewide network modernization and the special technical and security work needed to add wireless services in prisons.
ADS’s secretary for the Agency of Digital Services said the state is undertaking a “network modernization project” that touches more than 300 state buildings, but cautioned that “when we look at correctional facilities, it’s not the same thing. It’s not like putting Wi Fi up at the state house.” The secretary told lawmakers the department will complete facility, security and policy assessments through the summer so the state can craft a budget request for the next legislative session.
Why this matters: Committee members emphasized that devices and business processes inside…
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