Behavioural Analysis
Behavioural Analysis uses non intrusive sensor-based to identify, manage and predict unusual behaviour and agitation in prisoners, including those with dementia, or autism, Alzheimer’s wandering, alongside monitoring sedentary behaviour and fall detection.
The solution addresses the individual monitoring needs of prisoners without intruding on personal privacy and decency.
Monitoring prisoner movements, whilst recording changes in the local environment allows alerts to be raised for possible incidents, whilst utilising Artificial Intelligence to analyse the data to identify triggers of the agitation and associated trends.
Behavioural Analysis provides protection and security for all – officers, prisoners and the prison itself.
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Safeguard prisoner wellbeing
Tephra’s Behavioural Analysis can help address custodial challenges by providing continuous insight into prisoner behaviour and alerts to sudden changes requiring intervention. This positively impacts prisoner health and wellbeing and can alleviate stressful environments. Latest figures show:
Every 5 days
On average, a prisoner in the UK dies by suicide
1 in 5
suicides occur within the person’s first 30 days in custody
1 in 10
suicide cases occur within the first week.
One in every 10
minutes a self harm incident occurs in prison

Background
Meeting the diverse needs of prisoners with dementia or autism can be challenging and prison staff are expected to understand different health conditions and disabilities which can be stressful.
Early periods in custody are often a difficult time for any prisoner, many of whom have multiple risks and vulnerabilities that interfere with their delivery of care. Sleep patterns are affected and can be associated with negative health outcomes including changes in mood and amplifying other symptoms such as agitation, risk of self-harm or suicide.
Providing prison staff and providers working in prisons with alerts for possible incidents enables them to be more equipped to make a positive difference.
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Enhanced security benefits
Provides insight into prisoner behaviour
Helps identify concerning behaviours that otherwise would not be known.
Non- Intrusive monitoring
Enhances prisoner care, dignity and respect.
Improves prisoner safety
Alerts to changes in prisoner behaviour allowing proactive action.
Empowers officers
Provides real time information about the behavioural status of prisoners.
Lowers operational costs
Reduces the frequency, severity and duration of volatile episodes.
Reduces workplace stress
Better management of potentially stressful and traumatic events.
Enhances officers safety
Gives officers greater situational awareness of agitation episodes before entering the cell.
Improves staff and prisoner social interaction
Facilitates staff time for meaningful engagement and individual interaction with prisoners.
Features
Behavioural detection
Multiple behaviours including agitation in Alzheimer’s and autism sufferers and fall detection.
Monitoring repetitive behaviour
Including walking up and down, walking in circles, rocking backwards and forwards and punding.
Behavioural triggers
Within the local environment e.g. audio levels, temperatures (personal and general), proximity to others and frequency to toilet.
Alarm generation
Provides alerts enabling officers to identify agitated prisoners that need immediate intervention or to warn of potential aggressive behaviour.
Life signs monitoring
Measures accurate vital signs including heart and breathing rate within a cell.
Machine learning tool
Extracts information from data sets to determine patterns and trends that can predict future agitation episodes.
Incident management
Provides officers with greater situational awareness to determine the appropriate intervention and resolve the incident.
Sedentary behaviour monitoring
Including sitting or standing for long periods and analysis of sleep patterns.