Berkeley Varitronics Systems, Inc. (BVS) has announced the latest results of a test of its Wolfhound cell phone detector at the maximum security Bangkwang Prison located near Bangkok, Thailand.

Berkeley Varitronics (News - Alert) Systems, located in Metuchen, New Jersey, has been providing advanced wireless solutions, WiMAX testing and products to the domestic and international wireless telecommunications industry for over 35 years.

Since 1995, BVS has introduced over 50 unique wireless test devices for a variety of applications.

Officials with BVS said that the company, working with their local representative Infoleader Co. Ltd and Bangkwang correctional officials used Wolfhound to locate ten contraband cell phones in just under thirty minutes. And this was after passing through 7 layers of perimeter security.

Wolfhound was able to pick up the cell phones’ RF energy even through thick concrete walls and convicts on death row possessed some of the illegal phones.

Safeguarding this maximum-security prison is considered especially critical to correction officials due to the nature of the population ranging from convicted murders and major narcotics dealers to high-level members of the ‘red shirt’ protesters.

According to company officials, other expensive solutions require an entire network infrastructure of wireless sensors hard-wired throughout a facility that can be difficult to deploy.

The Wolfhound is an affordable alternative, highly portable, requires little training, and does not use jamming which can interfere with lawful cell traffic.

Visanu Prachongkit, Bangkwang Prison Commander, in an appreciation letter sent to BVS and Infoleader said, “Thank you for providing us such a great device and fantastic support for the cell phone detection test. This device can really help us to improve on the entire related cell phone checking process. We hope that we can work closely with you in the near future.”