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How Monitoring Devices Offer Second Chances Beyond April
April is Second Chance Month, a time to focus on reintegration and support for those who have faced legal challenges or are enrolled in an accountability program. But the concept of a second chance shouldn’t
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What It’s Like to Wear an Ankle Monitor
A first-person account from a defendant under house arrest Nobody prepares you for this. When you are charged with a crime, you have to make decisions quickly and you don’t know which way to go.
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DUI Convictions in Georgia Trigger On-Demand Monitoring
One in every four people who died on Georgia’s roads in 2018 was impaired at the time of death.
If you are lucky enough to survive driving impaired,
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Agencies Use Technology to Track Detainees
Pre-trial detention, the time between when you are charged with a crime and when you go to trial, often lasts weeks, sometimes even months. Previously, detainees spent that time behind bars to ensure they did
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Why Wait in Jail for Your Trial?
As a nation, the U.S. spends close to $140 billion annually to keep detainees in pre-trial detention. Pretrial detention used to mean languishing in jail waiting for the calendar to display the right date. In
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Monitoring Tools: Key to Defendant Accountability
Courts and bail bonding companies use technology-based tools, such as ankle monitors and smartphones, to help detainees await trial outside the walls of a jail. Location tracking and remote monitoring electronic tethers are one way