By Clarie Weir
Belfast Telegraph
BELFAST, Ireland — A Northern Ireland woman is changing the way prisons operate around the world with technology designed in Belfast.
Patricia O’Hagan heads up Core Systems which is behind the software which drives security systems in a growing number of jails in the UK and US, and other corners of the world.
From its Crumlin Road base it develops security and bio-metric software which can identify people from their personal characteristics, like fingerprints or iris recognition.
That lends itself to the the custody sector, including prisons, police stations and immigration centres, and it has found an eager market for its high-tech products.
Full story: Belfast-designed bio-metric technology is changing the way prisons operate around the world