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'''Securus Technologies''' is a technology communications firm serving prisons across the United States.<ref name="Eric">{{cite news |last1=Markowitz |first1=Eric |date=8 April 2015 |title=Video Chats Are Replacing In-Person Jail Visits, While One Tech Company Profits |publisher=IBTimes |url=http://www.ibtimes.com/video-chats-are-replacing-person-jail-visits-while-one-tech-company-profits-1873918#.VSVgoyncgd4.twitter |accessdate=15 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us - Securus Technologies |url=https://securustech.net/about-us/ |access-date=2019-05-04 |website=securustech.net}}</ref> The company is a subsidiary of Aventiv Technologies. In the past, the company has faced criticism over phone call pricing, data security, monopoly<ref>{{Cite web |title=State of Phone Justice |url=https://www.prisonpolicy.org/phones/state_of_phone_justice.html |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=www.prisonpolicy.org |language=en}}</ref> and product innovation.<ref>{{Citation |title=Prison Labor: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) | date=4 August 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjqaNQ018zU |language=en |access-date=2019-09-25}}</ref> |
'''Securus Technologies''' is a technology communications firm serving prisons across the United States.<ref name="Eric">{{cite news |last1=Markowitz |first1=Eric |date=8 April 2015 |title=Video Chats Are Replacing In-Person Jail Visits, While One Tech Company Profits |publisher=IBTimes |url=http://www.ibtimes.com/video-chats-are-replacing-person-jail-visits-while-one-tech-company-profits-1873918#.VSVgoyncgd4.twitter |accessdate=15 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us - Securus Technologies |url=https://securustech.net/about-us/ |access-date=2019-05-04 |website=securustech.net}}</ref> The company is a subsidiary of Aventiv Technologies. In the past, the company has faced criticism over phone call pricing, data security, monopoly<ref>{{Cite web |title=State of Phone Justice |url=https://www.prisonpolicy.org/phones/state_of_phone_justice.html |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=www.prisonpolicy.org |language=en}}</ref> and product innovation.<ref>{{Citation |title=Prison Labor: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) | date=4 August 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjqaNQ018zU |language=en |access-date=2019-09-25}}</ref> |
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Securus is owned by [[Beverly Hills]]–based private equity firm [[GlobalTel Link Viapath]].<ref name="LATimes1">{{cite web |last=Darmiento |first=Laurence |date=2020-01-21 |title=Under pressure from activists, L.A. billionaire's prison telecom announces reforms |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-01-21/tom-gores-platinum-equity-securus-ceo-reforms |website=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=2020-01-22}}</ref> |
Securus is owned by [[San Diego]]–based private equity firm [[GlobalTel Link Viapath]].<ref name="LATimes1">{{cite web |last=Darmiento |first=Laurence |date=2020-01-21 |title=Under pressure from activists, L.A. billionaire's prison telecom announces reforms |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-01-21/tom-gores-platinum-equity-securus-ceo-reforms |website=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=2020-01-22}}</ref> |
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