For Integrators Installing Security and Control in Prisons, Crime Does Pay

About 70 percent of SWC’s work is performed in new buildings, with the other 30 percent or so of the retrofit variety. In those cases, installers must have prison guards with them at all times as escorts, says Holmes, a move that’s made for their safety but can sometimes slow down the progress of an installation when they forget a tool, need a replacement piece of equipment or another unexpected change comes up.