County moves to map jail wireless access as commissioners warn against fee-based tablets
Facility staff said a vendor will survey jail pods to identify wireless access needs for inmate tablets; commissioners raised concerns about vendor claims and fees after Securus presentations and urged procurement specifications to protect education-focused uses.
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Charles Parker, the county’s facility director, told commissioners staff has scheduled a vendor to assess wireless coverage and wiring in jail pods so the county can install the correct number and placement of access points and support educational tablet use. "We are scheduling to have a vendor come out and identify all the pods, figure out where we need wireless access points, and what kind of wiring is going to be required," Parker said, describing a coordinated plan with jail IT and the sheriff’s office to separate infrastructure work from tablet-side procurement.
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