IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 21, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Continental Prison Systems, Inc. (Pink Sheets:CPSZ), dba EZ Card & Kiosk, the industry leader in offering financial transaction services to the correctional and judicial markets in the US since 2008, has been awarded a multi-year contract from Fulton County jail for Bail Services with installation scheduled for April 1, 2012. Fulton County is the home of Georgia's state capital and county seat, Atlanta, with a population of slightly larger than one million people, and two county jail facilities to serve the public.
The Bail Services being offered by EZ Card & Kiosk will be made available to the public via lobby kiosks, using cash and credit/debit cards, as well as remote online and 800# phone payment services with credit/debit cards.
The Fulton County jail system processed over 48,000 inmates in 2011 at its two locations, utilizing a bed count capacity of 2,773 and an average daily population of over 3,000 inmates, reflecting a slight over-population throughout the year.
Ron Hodge, CEO/President of CPSZ, states, "By incorporating the Bail Services offered through EZ Card & Kiosk's line-up of kiosks and online services, Fulton County jail management should recognize a reduction in the amount of time inmates spend within their facilities, from the time they are booked into the system, to actually posting bail and awaiting their hearing date."
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About Continental Prison Systems, Inc.
Continental Prison Systems Inc. (CPSZ), dba EZ Card & Kiosk, has been providing kiosk and internet payment services, as well as inmate release debit card products as a full-suite solution for the creation and management of "Cashless Jail Technology" since 2008. In addition, the company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, General Payment Systems, Inc. (GPSI), offers innovative financial transaction and alternative payment solutions to the courts, probation, municipal police, healthcare, child support, educational and public utilities markets in the US, designed to streamline and reduce many of the operational, financial management and personnel costs required to properly manage these facilities. Via its proprietary software, teamed with customized kiosk hardware and online website services, EZ Card & Kiosk provides a "cashless" solution to the jail market for the Booking process, collecting and depositing cash and credit card Money Load funds into the inmate's trust account, accepting and handling the funds related to the Bail process, and then refunding the inmate's trust account balance at the time of their release by issuing a Debit Card. Similar technologies and systems are also applied to the markets GPSI serves, offering the "cashless" solution for the myriad of alternative payments and reporting requirements of these government agencies and private sector companies, relieving them of many operating cost overheads, as well as further reducing errors and liabilities.
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