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

bullet point New York State Sheriffs (installation and maintenance for 44 county jail facilities ranging from small to large facilities)

bullet point Washington State Prisons (installation and maintenance for all state prisons for AT&T/GTL)

bullet point Tennessee State Prisons (installation and maintenance for all state prisons for AT&T)

bullet point Connecticut State Prisons (installation and maintenance for all state prisons for MCI)

bullet point Oklahoma State Prisons (installation and maintenance for most state prisons for AT&T/GTL)

bullet point Kentucky State Prisons (installation for all state prisons for MCI)

bullet point Florida State Prisons (installation for all state prisons for MCI)

bullet point Michigan State Prisons (installation for all state prisons for Embarq)

bullet point Wisconsin State Prisons (installation for all state prisons for Embarq)

bullet point South Carolina State Prisons (installation and maintenance for all state prisons for Embarq)

bullet point Arizona State Prisons (installation and maintenance for new Florence wing for GTL)

bullet point Florida County Jails (installation and call center support for ten jails for Embarq)

bullet point 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

 

bullet point 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)

bullet point BellSouth Exit Project (remove/convert/de-brand 30,000 payphones in three months to complete their business exit)

bullet point Speedway Conversion (install phones, wiring and equipment in over 1,000 gas station locations in seven states for Verizon after contract transition)

bullet point Publix Conversion (install/convert/remove over 800 phones in three states for Verizon after contract transition)

bullet point 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)

bullet point 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)

bullet point Coin Rate Conversions (convert 15,000 phones for Embarq to accept new rates in 3 months)

bullet point Smart Set Upgrades (upgrade, program and test 20,000 phones for Embarq in 6 months)

bullet point Atlanta Olympic Games (re-brand 60,000 BellSouth outdoor phone sites in 4 months, survey ADA compliance)

bullet point Georgia Dome (phone wiring and public phone installation)

bullet point Turner Field (phone wiring and public phone installation)

bullet point Joe Robbie Stadium (phone wiring and public phone installation)

bullet point Miami Arena (phone wiring and public phone installation)