PARAGON Communications Services founders and key personnel have over 15 years direct experience together successfully implementing large projects and long-term programs for the installation and maintenance of correctional facility phones and payphones.
Some examples of relevant projects our team has successfully executed in the past include:
INMATE PROJECTS
New York State Sheriffs (installation and maintenance for 44 county jail facilities ranging from small to large facilities)
Washington State Prisons (installation and maintenance for all state prisons for AT&T/GTL)
Tennessee State Prisons (installation and maintenance for all state prisons for AT&T)
Connecticut State Prisons (installation and maintenance for all state prisons for MCI)
Oklahoma State Prisons (installation and maintenance for most state prisons for AT&T/GTL)
Kentucky State Prisons (installation for all state prisons for MCI)
Florida State Prisons (installation for all state prisons for MCI)
Michigan State Prisons (installation for all state prisons for Embarq)
Wisconsin State Prisons (installation for all state prisons for Embarq)
South Carolina State Prisons (installation and maintenance for all state prisons for Embarq)
Arizona State Prisons (installation and maintenance for new Florence wing for GTL)
Florida County Jails (installation and call center support for ten jails for Embarq)
Dozens of other county jail and individual prison sites (upgrade wiring and install & maintain inmate telecom platforms and phones for GTL, AT&T, Verizon, Embarq, MCI, BellSouth and VAC)
OTHER PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PROJECTS
Kentucky Payphone Conversion and Management (install, convert and manage payphones as a Independent Provider on contract to BellSouth to satisfy KY tariff requirements of minimum payphones per exchange after their business exit)
BellSouth Exit Project (remove/convert/de-brand 30,000 payphones in three months to complete their business exit)
Speedway Conversion (install phones, wiring and equipment in over 1,000 gas station locations in seven states for Verizon after contract transition)
Publix Conversion (install/convert/remove over 800 phones in three states for Verizon after contract transition)
Army Air Force Exchange Services Payphone Management (install, maintain, collect, count & deposit and remotely monitor 8,000 phones on bases nationwide, 10 year program as subcontractor to AT&T)
Naval Exchange Services Payphone Management (install, maintain, collect, count & deposit and remotely monitor 3,000 phones on bases and recruiting offices nationwide, 3 year program as subcontractor to MCI)
Coin Rate Conversions (convert 15,000 phones for Embarq to accept new rates in 3 months)
Smart Set Upgrades (upgrade, program and test 20,000 phones for Embarq in 6 months)
Atlanta Olympic Games (re-brand 60,000 BellSouth outdoor phone sites in 4 months, survey ADA compliance)
Georgia Dome (phone wiring and public phone installation)
Turner Field (phone wiring and public phone installation)
Joe Robbie Stadium (phone wiring and public phone installation)
Miami Arena (phone wiring and public phone installation)