The Model 100 - In the beginning.......

In 1974 a newspaper article in the New York Times reported on the anguish that visitors and inmates suffered in the Tombs  Prison in New York City.  It described the mal-functioning sound-powered telephones that sounded faint, at best. And they were metal and could be used as weapons. As a young engineer I volunteered to design a simple, but efficient and secure inmate-visitor telephone system for New York City. My offer was accepted and a row of 17 new Model 100 booths was installed in the jail. I am told that the inmates fought over those booths...and the rest is history, the Model 100 was born. Since then Federal, state and local institutions have installed our Model 100, with superb results. Clean, crisp communications, security, and a much less stressful  visiting area.