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Prisoner transport vehicles may be operated by police services (see paddywagon), correctional services, field officers, court services, federal agencies such as the United States Marshals Service, or be contracted to private security companies. Prison buses were widely used in the late 1900s to transport prisoners, especially to state prisons ...
Havis, Inc. is an American manufacturer of in-vehicle mobile office and prisoner transport products for ... Havis announced the sale of its Lighting Solutions product ...
Specially-designed prisoner transport vehicles are used to fulfill security requirements. Many inmates see this time as an opportunity to escape. Some inmates prepare for escape during transport by bringing along tiny objects (e.g. paper clips) that can be used to pick the locks of their handcuffs prior to escape from the vehicles.
Motor Coach Industries announced on April 25, 2012, that it had reached a deal with German vehicle manufacturer Daimler AG to distribute its Setra brand of motorcoaches for the North American market. The agreement came as Daimler reconfigured its commercial bus operations in North America, also selling off its Orion brand of transit buses to ...
Police vans may have a flip down wire shield across the windscreen, [11] which helps prevent projectiles from damaging the vehicle. Many forces now differentiate between a "Carrier"—a vehicle used for Public Order situations and therefore equipped with shields etc.—and what is commonly known as a "Cub Van", a small van with a cage in the back.
An accused murderer escaped a prisoner transport vehicle Monday in Indiana after it pulled over to buy McDonald’s, the Northwest Indiana Times reported. Leon Taylor, 22, is suspected of killing ...
The Ford Transit Prisoner Transport Vehicle (PTV) was introduced for the 2015 model year, based on the fourth generation Ford Transit. [17] Per its name, it is designed as a prisoner transport vehicle and is available in three roof heights, three lengths, and two wheelbases, as well as options for single, double, or triple prisoner inserts. [15]
The Arkansas-based private prisoner transport service settled a $625,000 class action lawsuit in September, which alleged the company subjected inmates to “cruel and unusual” conditions during ...