IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 28, 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 relocated its corporate offices from Las Vegas, Nevada, to Irvine, California in December 2011. Since incorporating in the State of Nevada in 2008, CPSZ's corporate offices have been located in Las Vegas, where a regional office is still maintained. Over the past four years, the company's business successes and opportunities, as well as the location of a number of key suppliers, have unfolded in Southern California, making Irvine a logical choice moving forward.
Ron Hodge, CEO and President, states, "Besides the regional office in Las Vegas, in 2010 we expanded our operations by setting up an office in New York City to create a presence on the eastern seaboard, as well as servicing EZ Card & Kiosk clients. By late 2011, we made the decision to create a similar presence on the west coast, where a number of business opportunities are pending."
CPSZ's corporate headquarters address and phone number: Continental Prison Systems, Inc., 15375 Barranca Pkwy., Suite C102, Irvine, CA 92618 – (888) 497-2387.
For additional information about EZ Card and Kiosk solutions, please visit our website at www.ezcardandkiosk.com.
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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