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A prisoner transport vehicle, informally known as a "Sweat Box" or “Court Bus” amongst British prisoners, is a specially designed or retrofitted vehicle, usually a van or bus, used to transport prisoners from one secure area, such as a prison or courthouse, to another.
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.
The companies operate prisoner transport vehicles ranging in size from four-person automobiles to buses that can transport thirty-five people. [3] Since 2012, at least five people have died on private extradition vans operated by Prisoner Transportation Services, leading to a Justice Department investigation. [4]
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The Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System (JPATS), nicknamed "Con Air", [1] is a United States Marshals Service airline charged with the transportation of persons in legal custody between prisons, detention centers, courthouses, and other locations. It is the largest prison transport network in the world. [2]
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 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 ...
A special version for prisoner transport, Autosan H6-ZK, was also produced. [6] The first Autosan H6-ZK was built in 1993 based on the Autosan H6-04. The bus had 17 seats for inmates and 3 for guards, and it was equipped with a toilet. In 1994, two more prison transport vehicles were built based on the Autosan H6-10 body. [7]