who we are

The JailGeek story began in 2020, with a simple idea: create an application to help state and local jails better recoup their costs for housing federal prisoners. For many years, we witnessed local law enforcement working hard to meet the detention bedspace requirements of their federal partners, as well as the need for transporting federal prisoners to court houses, JPATS airlifts, or medical appointments. Yet, a complex system and an extensive list of federal regulations prevented these local governments from being accurately reimbursed.

In response, we developed proprietary algorithms which not only evaluate a jail’s budget history, but also concentrate on primary factors, such as jail staffing levels, medical services, food services, capital improvement projects, etc. Our algorithms then compare all these expenses against historical cost data of similarly sized facilities, allowing each new jail to benefit from lessons learned by past local jails while also simplifying and streamlining their own local government’s experience.

JailGeek is also creating turn-key business solutions which will assist local jails in forecasting federal detention bedspace needs, preparing for negotiations with the U.S. Marshals Service or Immigration & Customs Enforcement, and then monitoring operating costs during the term of the jail’s federal agreement.