Securus Technologies' Integrity Pledge and How Securus Promotes Dealings With The Highest Standard of Integrity

DALLAS, Sept. 4, 2015  /PRNewswire/ -- Securus Technologies, a leading provider of civil and criminal justice technology solutions for public safety, investigation, corrections and monitoring, commented today on the commitment to operating at a high level of integrity and winning based on great technology, features/functionality, customer service, and the best economics.

"It is disappointing whenever we see a contract won illegally or unethically in our industry - that reflects on all of us that provide services to law enforcement and corrections at a very high level of trust," said Richard A. ("Rick") Smith, Chief Executive Officer of Securus Technologies.

"We have taken many steps over the last seven (7) years to prevent any unauthorized payments made to consultants or directly to facilities," said Smith.  "We have never had or have been accused of anyone at Securus making unauthorized/illegal payments by taking these actions and placing these controls on our business:

1. Payments to Associates must be accompanied by a receipt in all cases;
2. No expense account to Associates at all levels;
3. Formalized Travel and ExpenseReimbursement practice;
4. New vendors all approved by the Chief Financial Officer;
5. Background checks on all Associates;
6. Use of a top-tier Audit Firm (McGladry);
7. Formal annual internal audit of expense reports;
8. Sarbanes Oxley and SOC1 compliance;
9. Diligence on consultants and lobbyists to insure that no illegal payments are made;
10. Securus Integrity Pledge – issued on May 29, 2012 on our website that states:
    
    
    
    
    "We will not pay or offer to pay unauthorized or illegal payments in order to win your business."

"With these controls – I can be sure that we are operating with the highest level of integrity – and I pledge to our customers that you can trust us and we will not disappoint you.  When we talk about integrity – it is at a level well above what is "legal".  Integrity for us is building the best customer service, building the best product set that exists in the world, it is reinvesting in Securus in a sophisticated/high tech platform, it is telling the truth – all of the time.  This is our integrity level –the highest possible standards of conduct."

ABOUT SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES
Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and serving more than 2,900 public safety, law enforcement and corrections agencies and over 1,200,000 inmates across North America, Securus Technologies is committed to serve and connect by providing emergency response, incident management, public information, investigation, biometric analysis, communication, information management, inmate self-service, and monitoring products and services in order to make our world a safer place to live. Securus Technologies focuses on connecting what matters®. To learn more about our full suite of civil and criminal justice technology solutions, please visit SecurusTechnologies.com.

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