Electronic security for prisons and jails

Every door, camera and call. One control system.

AE designs, builds and integrates locking control, video, intercom and access systems for correctional facilities, on standard PLCs and non-proprietary electronics your staff can service for decades.

Housing unit touch screen programmed by AE, showing two tiers of cell doors with lock status, emergency unlock and an alarm panel
A housing unit touch screen programmed by AE for Ross Correctional Institution.
30+ yearsdesigning and programming PLC controlled systems
1,008 locksreplaced in one retrofit at Ross Correctional
1,000+ intercomson one system at Ohio State Penitentiary
30+ facilitiesretrofitted across Ohio and Georgia
Built onAllen-BradleyAVEVAHarding InstrumentsEMERSONGenetecAvigilonWillo Products
Who we work with

Whatever your role on the project, one team to call.

AE works for the general contractor on new construction and directly for the owner on retrofits and service.

One contractor for the full retrofit scope.

Hand us the retrofit, across every division it touches, and we carry it from the bid number to closeout with our own engineers, panel builders, programmers and field crews.

  • Detailed quotations and a schedule of values
  • Complete submittal packages and custom electrical drawings
  • Project schedules and on-site management
  • Certified payroll and project reports
  • Systems assembled and pre-tested in our Columbus shop before they ship
PLC control panel built and wired by AE

Design support from people who build the system.

We work from your drawings and specifications and tell you early what the control system needs to make them work.

  • Budget pricing during design
  • Control system layouts drawn around your floor plans
  • Non-proprietary platforms that satisfy open specifications
  • Retrofit phasing that keeps an occupied facility secure
  • As-built drawings at handover
Housing unit control screen

An integrator that builds to the specification.

AE programs on the platforms most correctional specifications already name, and documents the system so it can be verified.

  • Allen-Bradley and Emerson (GE) PLC platforms
  • AVEVA InTouch (Wonderware) touch screens, programmed in house
  • Harding Instruments IP digital intercom, with current certification
  • IP video, card access and duress systems on the same screens
  • Factory style pre-testing before installation
Control room with camera monitors and touch screen stations

A system your own staff can keep running.

Every part is available from distributors nationwide and the code is yours, so the facility is never tied to one vendor.

  • Off-the-shelf PLCs and software, no black boxes
  • Operator and maintenance training for your staff
  • Service, repair and expansion of existing systems
  • Database logging of door and system events
  • Letters of recommendation available on request
AE technician wiring a lock box on a cell door
What we do

The whole security electronics package, on one control system.

AE self-performs the design, programming and installation of the complete system, from the control room to the cell door. Every system reports to the same PLCs and the same touch screens.

See every system
Locking controlTouch screen controlIP videoIntercom and pagingAccess controlKey managementFiber and networkOne control systemPLC + TOUCH SCREEN
The AE Advantage

No black boxes. Parts you can buy anywhere, code you can read.

Proprietary detention controls tie a facility to one vendor for life. AE builds on off-the-shelf Rockwell Allen-Bradley PLCs and AVEVA software, stocked by distributors across the country.

01

Design

Detailed quotations, complete submittal packages and custom electrical drawings before anything is built.

02

Build

PLC panels assembled and tested by our own electricians, then installed by our field crews.

03

Integrate

Our programmers tie doors, video, intercom and access into one screen, then train your staff and hand over as-builts.

How we work

Proven inside state prisons and county jails.

All projects →

Ross Correctional Institution entrance
Chillicothe, OH · $3.5 million contract

Ross Correctional Institution

Every cell lock in the facility replaced, with a new PLC based locking control system, touch screens, intercom, IP cameras and a fiber optic network.

1,008new locks
25touch screens
23PLCs
Smith State Prison
Glennville, GA
Locking control system replacement · 19 touch screens · 16 PLCs · 586 new locks · new intercom · fiber network (2020)
Eastman Youth Development Center
Eastman, GA
Locking control · 9 touch screens · intercom and paging · 300+ IP cameras (2016)
Summit County Jail
Akron, OH
Intercom retrofit · 500+ intercom stations
Juvenile Justice Center
Nashville, TN
150+ IP cameras · locking control · intercom and card access

Where we work.

Offices in Columbus and Atlanta, with crews working for state and local corrections agencies across four states.

OhioColumbus headquarters
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
GeorgiaAtlanta office
Georgia Department of Corrections
Georgia Department of Corrections
DJJ
Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice
KentuckyProjects and service
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Commonwealth of Kentucky
TennesseeProjects and service
Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
“I plan to make every effort to see that AE Security Group is listed as approved security system integration contractors for any future security projects that I might have and would highly recommend them to others.”

Kenneth Crews, Sr. Project Manager, PB/Heery

Service and repair

A failed PLC or a door that will not secure cannot wait. We troubleshoot, repair and expand existing control systems.

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About AE

Meet the team behind the work: engineers, programmers and project managers who specialize in correctional facilities.

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