Japan's Largest PFI Correctional Facility Deploys AeroScout Prisoner and Staff Tracking Solution to Improve Prison Management

REDWOOD CITY, CA--(Marketwire - November 30,prisoners are in the wrong area of the prison or are
2009) - AeroScout, the leading provider of Unifiedmoving too close to a forbidden zone.
Asset Visibility for improving operational efficiency,A key benefit of the AeroScout solution is its
today announced that Shimane Asahi Rehabilitationcombination of both indoor and outdoor tracking,
Program Center, the largest Private Finance Initiativewhich allows officers to closely monitor inmate
(PFI) correctional facility in Japan to date, hasmovement across the entire grounds within one
successfully deployed AeroScout's Prisoner and Staffsystem. As such, prisoners are able to move from
Tracking solution. The AeroScout solution isone place to another without escort by prison
integrated into a full prison management securityguards, cultivating a better culture among inmates.
system, implemented by NEC and NEC NetworksThis not only reduces the time officers spend
& System Integration Corporation, and enablestracking individual prisoners, but also lessens the
the customer to reduce staff-to-inmate ratios andfeeling of animosity inmates may feel, contributing to
increase operational efficiency while improving officera reduction in stress-related incidents.
prisoner relations and enhancing security and safety."Large correctional facilities like Shimane Asahi
"Security and safety are clearly the primary concernsRehabilitation Program Center have complex logistical
when implementing an effective prison managementand operational challenges," said Thomas Lui,
system," said Yuichiro Morita, PFI ProjectAsia-Pacific Vice President at AeroScout. "The
Development Section, Correction Bureau of MinistryJapanese government is spearheading many
of Justice. "The AeroScout Prisoner and Staffinnovative solutions to these types of issues through
Tracking solution offers flexibility and scalability, andthe Private Finance Initiative, and AeroScout was able
having both indoor and outdoor capabilities increasesto offer significant additional value as part of the
our visibility of inmates. Importantly, we haveoverall prison management system. The success of
drastically reduced our staff-to-inmate ratio, especiallythe Shimane project to date provides an excellent
when compared to conventional prisons."model for other facilities to emulate, and thus we are
Shimane Asahi Rehabilitation Program Center is theseeing increasing demand from other prisons in the
newest and largest prison developed by Japan'sregion."
Private Finance Initiative and is managed under theAbout AeroScout
Japanese government's Correction Bureau, Ministry ofAeroScout is the market leader in Unified Asset
Justice. The correctional facility uses the AeroScoutVisibility solutions. Customers improve operational
Wi-Fi RFID solution to improve prison managementefficiency using AeroScout products that leverage
by streamlining the way it tracks prisoner, officer andstandard Wi-Fi networks to track and manage the
staff movement throughout the facility. The systemlocation, condition and status of mobile assets and
has been in operation since October 2008 and willpeople. AeroScout's global customer base consists of
ultimately include 3,000 AeroScout Wi-Fi Tags whenleading hospital, manufacturing and logistics
at full capacity next year.organizations, including many of the Fortune 500. The
The Shimane facility encompasses 325,000 squarecompany invented the first Wi-Fi-based Active RFID
meters, with almost 100,000 square meters of floortag, and today is widely recognized as leading the
space, and so it requires the scalability, reliability andmarket in number of deployments and tags shipped.
flexibility that the AeroScout solution delivers.Headquartered in Redwood City, California,
AeroScout Wi-Fi Tags, Location Receivers, ExcitersAeroScout has offices in Europe, the Middle East,
and Location Engine are integrated into a unifiedAsia, Australia and Latin America. For more
security management system, enabling prison officersinformation, please visit
to monitor the location of each inmate and compareAeroScout is a registered trademark of AeroScout,
it with their planned schedule of movements andInc. All other trademarks are the property of their
activities for the day. Automatic alerts are sent if anyrespective owners. Information is subject to change
discrepancies occur between scheduled and actualwithout notice.
locations. For example, officers can easily identify if