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Motorola wins $140M BOP radio upgrade deal

By Bob Berwyn
Motorola wins $140M BOP radio upgrade deal
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Motorola nabs nearly $140 million deal to modernize federal prison communications

Summary:

  • Motorola Solutions won a US contract worth almost $140 million to upgrade communications at 63 Bureau of Prisons sites.
  • Over the next two years, older radios and dispatch consoles will be replaced; the plan calls for 22,000 new radios with limited cellular connectivity and an automatic fall alert.
  • A spokesperson said the effort follows the Prison Camera Reform Act of 2021 and uses money from last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

What the deal covers

Motorola will refresh radios and dispatch consoles across 63 Bureau of Prisons facilities on a two year schedule, according to statements Tuesday from the bureau and the company. The bureau intends to roll out 22,000 new radios offering limited links to cellular networks, plus an automatic alert that activates if a corrections officer is detected to have fallen.

Why it is being done

“Modernizing our radio communications system is an important investment in staff safety and institutional security,” BOP Director William K. Marshall III said. Motorola Chief Operating Officer Jack Molloy said the improvements will help officers stay connected “as they move through thick prison walls and cellular dead zones.”

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Scope and funding

Per the bureau’s website, its workforce tops more than 34,000 people, it runs 118 institutions and it oversees more than 150,000 inmates. As part of the same effort, the bureau will also upgrade two sites that handle radio traffic and watch over the wider communications network. A spokesperson said the modernization aligns with the Prison Camera Reform Act of 2021 and draws on money from last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which aimed to cut taxes, reduce some government programs and reallocate national spending to Trump administration priorities.

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