New York DOCCS Securus Communications Contracts Total $77.1 Million
New York State contract records show separate Department of Corrections and Community Supervision agreements with Securus Technologies totaling $77.1 million for incarcerated-person phone services and kiosk/tablet systems.
New York's correctional communications and digital-services market includes two active Securus Technologies agreements with a combined current contract value of $77,112,475, according to the New York State Comptroller's Open Book contract database.
The records provide a current view of how the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision is structuring major technology services used inside correctional facilities. One agreement covers the incarcerated-person phone system; the other covers kiosks and tablets. Both began January 1, 2026 and are scheduled to run through December 31, 2028.
Two contracts make up the $77.1 million total
The larger agreement, contract T161850, carries a current contract amount of $60,480,000 and is described by the state as the I/I Phone System. The second, contract T161849, carries a current contract amount of $16,632,475 and is described as I/I Kiosks/Tablets.
Open Book lists both agreements under the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision and identifies them as contracts not subject to Office of the State Comptroller pre-audit. The original approved/filed date shown for both records is December 31, 2025.
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| Vendor | Contract | Description | Current amount | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Securus Technologies LLC | T161850 | I/I Phone System | $60,480,000 | Jan. 1, 2026–Dec. 31, 2028 |
| Securus Technologies LLC | T161849 | I/I Kiosks/Tablets | $16,632,475 | Jan. 1, 2026–Dec. 31, 2028 |
| Combined current contract amount | $77,112,475 | Two separate contracts | ||
Contract value is not the same as spending to date
New York's Open Book system defines the current contract amount as the amount expected to be spent over the life of a contract, including adjustments. The database separately reports spending to date.
For contract T161850, the current Open Book record shows more than $10.4 million in spending to date. The kiosk/tablet record, T161849, currently shows $0 in the spending-to-date field. Those figures can change as payments are recorded and should not be confused with the maximum current contract amounts.
New York separates phone services from kiosks and tablets
The current Open Book records show that DOCCS maintains separate Securus agreements for its incarcerated-individual phone system and for kiosks/tablets. The separate contract structure indicates that New York accounts for these communications and digital-access functions as distinct contractual components within its correctional technology portfolio.
The state contract records establish the two service categories and their current contract amounts. They do not, by themselves, establish every feature, content offering or technical capability delivered through the underlying systems.
The contracts sit inside a larger New York corrections-technology market
The Securus agreements are not the only large technology records currently visible in the DOCCS contract portfolio. Open Book also lists a $90.98 million Axon Enterprise body-worn-camera contract running through March 2030, a $4.4 million Recidiviz data-dashboard contract through March 2030, a $4.41 million RaySecur legal-mail-screening contract through March 2030 and a $2.27 million ACISS Systems case-management contract through December 2032.
Taken together, those records show that New York's corrections technology market spans communications, staff-facing evidence systems, operational analytics, mail security and investigative case management—not a single product category.
Why the Securus contracts matter
Communications and tablet systems increasingly sit at the intersection of institutional operations, family contact, education, digital content and service delivery inside correctional facilities. Large multiyear agreements therefore carry implications beyond basic telephony.
For vendors and service providers, the two-contract structure is also useful market intelligence. It separates a core communications system from the kiosk/tablet environment while keeping both under the same vendor, revealing how DOCCS has segmented major digital-service functions for the current contract term.
The contracts are active records, not newly announced September awards. Their news value is the current contract intelligence: New York's public data now provides a clear dollar view of the state's active Securus footprint and places that footprint within a substantially larger correctional technology portfolio.
What to watch next
The current Securus agreements expire December 31, 2028. Future amendments, spending updates, replacement solicitations, cooperative-purchasing actions or changes in technology scope would be the next meaningful market signals.
OACRA will also continue tracking adjacent DOCCS technology contracts where current values, new procurements or vendor changes materially alter the New York corrections market.
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More News & Policy Review →Editorial note: OACRA News & Policy Review is published by OACRA LLC, an independent private organization. OACRA is not affiliated with or endorsed by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, the Office of the New York State Comptroller, Securus Technologies or any vendor named in this article. Contract amounts and spending figures are based on official New York State records reviewed September 3, 2026 and may change through amendments, payments or subsequent state reporting.
