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Drug and Alcohol Testing
Information Technology
Cell Phone Issues
Electronic Monitoring
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Drug and Alcohol Testing

 Alcohol monitoring 

Probation officials in Texas are concerned over proposed legislation that will mandate the use of certain technology to monitor DWI offenders, preferring that judges have discretion over how each case in handled.  Click here for the article which appeared online at KRIStv.com

 

The Boone County, IN probation department is now using the Mobile Breath alcohol monitoring system.  Click here for the article from Reporter.net

 

 

 

Information Technology

The Glenn County Jail in California has installed a new ATM-like technology in their lobby that allows loved ones to deposit funds into inmates accounts for their use.  Click here for the article from ChicoEr.com.

 

 

 

A recent survey conducted by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania shows that the use of video conference technology for arraignments and court proceedings can save state taxpayers over $21 million annually.  Click here for the article from The Sentinel
 


The South Dakota Department of Corrections is installing a system that will allow inmates to check voicemail twice per day.  Friends and family members will be required to pay a $1 charge per message that they leave.  Click here for the article from Argus Leader.com.

 

 

 

Cell Phone Issues 

 

 

Under a new law in Rhode Island, inmates caught using a cell phone could be punished with a $5,000 fine, five additional years in prison, or both.   Click here for the article from WPRI.com.

 

 

This recent article from a CBS affiliate in Dallas Fort Worth discusses the challenges that criminal justice officials in Texas are facing with illegal cell phone use from prisons.  A Texas state Senator was the recipient of several calls from prisoners, and is concerned about the growing problem.  Click here for more information.

 

 

A prison in Nottingham, England is using an innovative approach to try and combat the use of illegal cell phones.  Prisoners there can submit a list of telephone numbers to be approved, pay a fee, and agree to monitoring of the calls from a phone inside their cell.  Officials say the number of confiscated cell phones has dropped with the policy implementation.  Click here for more information from KAWLnews.com

Electronic Monitoring/GPS
 
In an effort to save money, the state of California is removing GPS tracking devices from half of the paroled gang members they are currently monitoring.  Click here to read the article from the Sacramento Bee.
  

The State of Vermont is having issues with the electronic monitoring of parolees due to lack of cell phone coverage in the state.  Click here for the article from VTdigger.org.
  

 

The Wisconsin Senate is currently reviewing a proposal to require GPS tracking for repeat, high risk restraining order offenders.  Click here for the article from Beloit Daily News.com 
  

Five men were recently arrested for a burglary in Cabarrus County, NC after one of the suspects was connected to the location through his electronic monitoring device.  Click here for the article from CharlotteObserver.com 

 

  
  
A San Antonio, TX woman who had slipped off her ankle monitoring device using lotion, was arrested again for DUI after being pulled over by police. Click here for the article from KSAT.com.
  
Other 

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is planning to test and evaluate a technology that combines a taser, LED flashlight and laser-guided video camera.  Click here for the article from Government Computer News.

 

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