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Exploiting under-leveraged intelligence to disrupt criminal networks

Turning contraband prison cell phones into actionable intelligence to dismantle organized crime from the inside out.

The hidden threat behind prison walls

Criminal activity does not stop at incarceration. Across the United States, incarcerated offenders continue to coordinate sophisticated criminal operations from inside correctional facilities using contraband cell phones as their primary tool.

Prison violence, riots, and coordinated assaults

Drone-enabled drug and contraband trafficking at scale

Organized gang operations and inter-prison coordination

Financial crimes, scams, and large-scale fraud schemes

Exploitation of vulnerable populations beyond prison walls

A real-world case: exposing drone-enabled contraband in Georgia prisons

Contraband smuggling into prisons has evolved into drone-based operations. This video highlights Operation Skyhawk, a major Georgia investigation exposing how criminal networks used drones to deliver illegal phones, drugs, and weapons into correctional facilities.

Why choose GHOST™

Built for real-world corrections

Developed in partnership with the Georgia Department of Corrections and adopted by multiple southeastern states.

Proven operational impact

Eliminates over 97% of the time and effort required to manually identify and terminate contraband devices, Enabled termination of 10,000+ illegal phones in under one year, Zero FCC appeals overturned

Precision, not disruption

Unlike traditional jamming, GHOST™ terminates contraband phones without impacting legitimate communications such as first responder networks or medical devices.

Actionable intelligence at scale

Generates intelligence that supports large-scale law enforcement operations, including multi-agency task forces.

Demonstrated results

Largest RICO case in Georgia history, Helped dismantle a 10-state criminal network, 180+ arrests and identification of corrupt correctional officers

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Chase Hallman

Director, Public Safety Business Development

Chase Hallman leverages his 25 years of law enforcement experience with the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to build and maintain relationships within the public safety sector for VIA.

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John Muddle, Ph.D. 

Vice President, Software Engineering

John is focused on implementing best practices for software development at VIA. He co-invented VIA’s core platform and currently develops, integrates, and quality assurance tests the platform for VIA’s applications. 

Before VIA, John was a freelance consultant at the Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG), where he focused on updating their Python Library. Prior to this position, he was a technical sales support engineer at NAG in Oxford, where he developed technical marketing material and provided pre-sales assistance. John was awarded the best thesis in gravitation physics in 2016 by the Institute of Physics (IOP). His research focused on developing new numerical methods that capture the physical behavior of fluid interfaces permeated by high magnetic fields while taking into account relativistic effects.

John earned his master’s degree in physics and his Ph.D. in applied mathematics from the University of Southampton.

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