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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 ...
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]
In 2011, Havis announced the sale of its Lighting Solutions product line of Kwik-Raze, Magnafire, Collins Dynamics, and Quester to R-O- M Corporation in order to focus more on its current product lines of docking stations, prisoner and K9 transport, and integrated control systems.
Motor Coach Industries (MCI) is a North American multinational bus manufacturer, specializing in production of motorcoaches. Best known for coaches produced for intercity transit and commuter buses, MCI produces coaches for a variety of applications, ranging from tour buses to prison buses. Currently, MCI is headquartered in Des Plaines, Illinois.
The MCI D-Series is a model of motorcoach bus produced by Motor Coach Industries (MCI). The bus is primarily used by private companies operating scheduled service or commuter buses, government agencies for the transport of prisoners, and in more recent years, public transit agencies who use them on express routes.
Specific prisoner transport restraints (e.g. Smith & Wesson model 1850 transport restraint) [3] are combinations which consist of a pair of handcuffs, attached by a longer chain to a pair of leg irons. When being placed in such transport restraints, the prisoner will still have the possibility to manage normal steps, but is prevented from ...
Authorities investigate the area around a prisoner transport bus after an inmate serving a life sentence for murder escaped Thursday in Texas after he stabbed the driver, authorities say. (KPRC)
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]