UVS installs video equipment in high-security prison

Burnley-based Ultimate Visual Solutions (UVS) has installed its video control room technology in one of the UK’s most high security prisons.

The company has been working with the prison - which cannot be identified for security reasons - since 2009 when it initially installed a security control room video wall, consisting of an LCD video wall and video wall controller.

UVS has since installed a series of upgrades so that operational personnel continue to have the benefits of the latest technology.

In 2016, after more than six years of constant 24/7 operation, the initial system installed by UVS was upgraded to provide the latest in IP CCTV video wall controller functionality and the latest narrow bezel LCD display.

The latest upgrade, which has just been completed, involved UVS installing the latest in LCD narrow bezel video wall technology. UVS is also due to upgrade the video wall controller in the next few months.

The prison has now registered almost 115,000 hours of uninterrupted, 24/7 display operation.

Steve Murphy, UVS managing director, said: "The upgrades are for operational personnel to continue to have the benefits that the latest video wall technology brings, with new features, the latest operating systems that are fully supported and to ensure all equipment can be fully maintained via extended warranties and annual support contracts, which becomes difficult once installed equipment becomes obsolete.

"We are proud that during our almost 16 years of operation, many clients have relied on us to install their first control room video wall solutions and continued to rely on us to provide multiple video wall upgrades when the technology moves forward."