Securus Technologies Inc
City-funded organization
Securus Technologies Inc is a prison-telecommunications company that, per Wikipedia, was founded in Dallas, Texas in 1986 as TZ Holdings Inc., was rebranded Securus Technologies in 2009, and is now headquartered in Carrollton, Texas; it provides inmate phone, tablet, and video-calling services to correctional facilities nationwide. It has held $33 million in New York City Department of Correction contracts since 2019, all now inactive, and has been paid $27 million to date. 91% of that contract value ($30 million across 7 contracts) was awarded without a fresh competitive bid, per Checkbook NYC's award-method labels, including a $12 million "Renewal No. 5" contract, a $5 million "Renewal No. 4" contract, a $4 million contract for inmate communication services marked "Negotiated contract," and a "Securus Premium Content Services" contract awarded for a nominal $1 and marked "Sole source"; one $3 million maintenance and service-support contract was competitively bid through RFP.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Professional Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $32,976,015 awarded since 2019
- Paid to date
- $27,272,644
- Won without a fresh bid
- 91% of contract value · $29,976,015 · 7 contracts
- Based in
- Dallas, TX (out of state)
Holds contracts at
- Department of Correction City agency
City contracts
Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).
- Renewal No. 5 Department of Correction · CT107220248805693 · ended 2025 $12,388,958
- Inmate Phone System - Renewal No. 4 Department of Correction · CT107220238806242 · ended 2023 $5,395,600
- Inmate Communication Services - NAE Department of Correction · CT107220268805523 · ended 2026 $3,941,456
- Inmate Phone Systems for the Dept. of Correction Department of Correction · CT107220238802049 · ended 2022 $3,000,000
- Inmate Phone System - Maintenance and Service Support Department of Correction · CT107220201429086 · ended 2021 $3,000,000
- Implementation, maintenance & service support for the DOC/IT Department of Correction · CT107220191423537 · ended 2020 $3,000,000
- Inmate Phone System Renewal #2 Department of Correction · CT107220228802769 · ended 2021 $2,250,000
- Securus Premium Content Services Department of Correction · CT107220241411027 · ended 2024 $1