Security - Taylorville Correctional Center

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Security - Taylorville Correctional Center



Click on photos to preview larger image.	Taylorville Correctional Center originally surveillance was direct observation and supervision of inmates by guard staff. With time, the population of the facility reached a point where the benefit of video surveillance out weighed the cost of installation. The primary surveillance areas of observation are the cafeteria, courtyard and the athletic field. Video from the cafeteria, courtyard and athletic field are monitored and recorded in the central control. Signals are multiplexed. Control of pan/tilt/zoom functions are multiplexed and sent down the coax to the cameras. Video signals from the camera are sent back over the same coaxial cable. This method of signal transmission saves installation money by reducing the total amount of cable pulled in the field. Correction offices may choose to record images on one of two twenty-four hour real time video recorders The images may be recorded as single cameras or as multiple multiplexed images. The stored images may be played back at any time.
	The system installed at Taylorville Correctional Center was constructed as a retrofit to the existing facility. The system may easily be adapted and modified to adjust to changes in the use and staffing of the facility over time.
	In the cafeteria pan/tilt mechanisms are mounted inverted from the ceiling. This equipment used in conjunction with zoom lenses allow correction officers at the monitor point in central control the ability to observe activities in any area of the cafeteria. Cameras are enclosed in protective housing to eliminate tampering or environmental damage.
	The courtyard areas are observed by corrections staff utilizing a pole-mounted video camera enclosed in a high impact resistant plastic dome. The entire camera and pan/tilt mechanism is enclosed and protected by the same. The dome is made of smoke gray lexan plastic. The color of the dome prevents inmates from directly seeing the areas being observed by the camera. By mounting the camera high on the lighting standard and using a substantial zoom lens, officers are able to observe and record activities in the courtyard area.
	The athletic fields are captured and observed by corrections offices using a pole-mounted camera. The camera and zoom is enclosed in a weatherproof camera housing mounted on a pan/tilt platform. The housing is also equipped with a sunshield designed to shed excess sunlight and provide additional passive cooling for the camera and lens assembly. All areas of the athletic fields may be directly observed or recorded by officers in central control using the powerful zoom lens and pan/tilt control.
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