LCS operates four prison units in Louisiana and two units in south Texas and one in Alabama. In May of 2004 trust fund accounting and commissary operations of these prisons were consolidated on a single CACTAS system. The CACTAS web site and database is running in a managed hosting environment provided by RackSpace Managed Hosting of Dallas, TX. Each of the LCS prison units, their home office, and a central commissary distribution/service center are connected to the CACTAS website using broadband internet connectivity and internet browser software. All CACTAS function is executed from the internet browser requiring no CSi proprietary software to be installed on the user workstation.

Primary contact for the LCS project is:

This system is interfaced to the Unisys Jail Management System.

This system is interfaced to the Unisys Jail Management System.

CSi has recently been selected in a national RFP process to install, train, and support a CACTAS system for the Broward County Sheriff’s Office of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. This project will introduce the support of full function ATM self service kiosk equipment from the NCR Corporation. A total of 11 NCR ATM devices will be installed for use by the public and inmates including the capability to issue cash payments to inmates when released from any of the 5 Broward County jail facilities. This project kicks off in September of 2007.

The most recent addition to the CSi client list is the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC). The ODRC is the fifth largest prison system in the nation with an annual operating budget in excess of $1.4 billion. The CSi proposal was selected for implementation in a national RFP process. The 18 month initial project development period and rollout began on June 6, 2005 and was completed in November, 2006. The initial 5 year term will continue with a 3.5 year maintenance and support period following initial rollout. Under this contract the next generation of CACTAS software was developed consisting of a three tier architecture design. The latest version of Microsoft SQL Server and the advanced CACTAS database design provide a technically sound foundation for consolidating the entire ODRC prison enterprise on a single database. The CACTAS client server user interface from older versions of CACTAS was replaced with a middle tier application based on Microsoft’s Windows Server 2003, Internet Information Services 6 (IIS), and the .Net framework runtime. These components offer a robust and secure environment that is capable of handling the intense load of an enterprise wide application. Finally the client application utilizes Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and .Net runtime to produce an easy to use browser and smart client application.

Primary contact for the ODRC CACTAS project is:

Full function CACTAS Systems have been installed throughout the Arkansas Department of Correction prison system since the mid 1990’s. Our roll out project for the ADC was started in June of 1996 and completed in May of 1997. Deliverables included hardware, software, installation, training, documentation, and full on-going support after live system use began. Our initial 5-year contract with the ADC expired in May 2001 and has been renewed for an additional 5 years. In August of 2003 we successfully consolidated all 18 of the ADC prison units onto a single CACTAS SQL Server 2000 database. Inmate banking is centralized in a TrustFund Central Banking (TCB) group in Pine Bluff. Each prison unit operates from 1 to 4 commissary stores in a client server environment. The TCB and commissary operations are powered by the same Microsoft SQL Server database that is hosted in Little Rock on a cluster of SQL servers and is administered by the state’s Department of Information Services (DIS).

Primary contact for the ADC CACTAS project is:

Full function CACTAS systems are installed in all Wyoming Department of Corrections facilities. The roll out of the 4 Wyoming prisons was completed in January 2000.

Primary Contact for the WY DOC project is: