Xandar Kardian, a Toronto-based industry pioneer in developing radar signal processing technology for presence detection and vital sign monitoring, has formally announced an integrated partnership with The Lava Group, a Belfast-based pioneering provider of innovative safer custody and connected health technology.
Continuing Xandar Kardian’s successful, international expansion into correctional facilities in global markets ranging from Hong Kong to the United States to Australia, the partnership with The Lava Group will primarily focus on forging new pilot programmes and deployments for Xandar Kardian’s technology in correctional and law enforcement settings throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Partnership scope
Integrating vital sign monitoring and movement detection technology into the Tephra product suite
The Lava Group and Xandar Kardian unite through a shared vision of embracing technology that makes a difference.
While the partnership scope between the two companies will be multifaceted, the immediate focus will be on integrating Xandar Kardian’s existing vital sign monitoring and movement detection technology into The Lava Group’s Tephra product suite for the corrections sector in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Upgrading inmate monitoring and healthcare
The corrections industry in these regions is facing multiple challenges, including resource and retention problems, addiction issues, and addressing the psychological health needs of inmates.
This makes the market an ideal match for upgrades to its inmate monitoring and healthcare technology through the help of Xandar Kardian.
Xandar Kardian’s sensors
As the alliance matures, Xandar Kardian and The Lava Group intend to optimise presence detection
The Lava Group has already generated significant interest in Xandar Kardian’s sensors with several pilot programmes scheduled to begin in correctional facilities in the coming months.
As the alliance matures, Xandar Kardian and The Lava Group also intend to explore co-developing products that can further improve and optimise presence detection and inmate healthcare monitoring for correctional settings.
Predictive and proactive transformative technology
“Our partnership embodies a pivotal opportunity for correctional institutions and detention facilities that are in desperate need of difference-making innovation,” said Gareth Morrison, CEO of The Lava Group.
“In the wake of shrinking staffs, budgetary cuts, and overcrowded inmate populations, we believe the key to alleviating the pressures of security management is transformative technology that can be predictive, proactive, and optimise all aspects of staff-inmate interaction."
Autonomous monitoring
Around 40% of inmate deaths are the result of cardiovascular or respiratory illness, overdose, detox, or suicide
"With autonomous monitoring from Xandar Kardian’s sensors, facilities can make preemptive or immediate interventions when a mental or physical healthcare emergency arises, and can also free up staff time and resources for more meaningful tasks.”
Every year, thousands of inmates die while incarcerated. Around 40% of these deaths are the result of cardiovascular or respiratory illness, overdose, detox, or suicide.
Prisoner deaths
In the UK, a prisoner dies by suicide every four days, and by cardiovascular illness or drug-related overdose every six days.
In addition to being tragic, these instances are costly endeavours, with the average suicide in a UK prison costing £2.4m. These challenges are urgent and pervasive, but they’re not inevitable.
Radar-based vital signs
The company’s autonomous, radar-based vital signs monitoring can obtain highly accurate vital sign measurements
Xandar Kardian has been credited with helping to prevent dozens of opioid-related overdoses and medically-related deaths in the jails where it is presently deployed, including publicly documented “saves” in both Hong Kong and the United States.
The company’s autonomous, radar-based vital signs monitoring can help protect inmates’ safety by obtaining highly accurate vital sign measurements while prioritising privacy, security, and staff well-being.
Privacy-secure health-monitoring solution
Importantly, the Xandar Kardian sensors require no wearables on the inmate, no video or audio recordings, and no battery to change providing a completely autonomous, continuous, and privacy-secure health-monitoring solution.
“At Xandar Kardian, we are passionate about transforming the corrections landscape by empowering decision makers to embrace technology that can dramatically improve the safety of staff and the quality of care for inmates,” said Sam Yang, Co-founder and Managing Director ofXandar Kardian.
GDPR-compliant technology
“We are delighted to continue achieving this through our partnership with TheLava Group, a company with a sterling multi-decade reputation for making the jail and prison system a safer, healthier place for all."
"Our radar-based technology provides critical health data while being GDPR-compliant, and we know that more people having access to it means more lives saved.”
Contact-free, minimal risk
Safety for jail employees and corrections staff is paramount. Xandar Kardian’s sensors keep guards and staff safe because they are completely contact-free - no wearables, no camera, no microphones, or staff intervention required, meaning no direct interactions with inmates that can be physically threatening.
Once deployed, Xandar Kardian’s sensors are linked to a secure local network that provides a “paper trail” of data for each inmate, minimising organisational risk and serving as an extremely useful resource should additional medical intervention be required from hospital providers.
