Probation, parole, pretrial, and house arrest electronic monitoring programs
House arrest — also termed home confinement, home detention, or residential restriction — represents one of the most widely implemented applications of electronic monitoring in the criminal justice system. An…
Over the past two decades, the ankle monitor has moved from a courtroom curiosity to a cornerstone of modern community supervision. Across the United States, an estimated 125,000 to 150,000…
Analysis of the RAND Corporation report on digital supervision challenges and implications for GPS ankle monitoring technology evolution in 2026.
A 16-year-old linked to multiple commercial burglaries was released on an ankle monitor the same day Baltimore officials and residents debated solutions to rising juvenile crime. The incident highlights ongoing tensions in community supervision.
Courts across the United States are increasingly integrating GPS electronic monitoring into pre-trial release conditions, balancing public safety with judicial alternatives to cash bail.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and related federal summaries have long framed the scale of community supervision: in 2018, an estimated 4.4 million people were on probation or parole…
Across Europe, a notable policy shift is underway as jurisdictions expand the application of electronic monitoring (EM) to address persistent challenges...
Electronic monitoring (EM) has become a core tool in United States pretrial supervision programs, serving as an alternative to pretrial detention for de...
A recent, somber report out of Pittsburgh underscored a persistent, troubling question within community supervision: what happens when electronic monito...
Electronic monitoring (EM) technology, including GPS ankle bracelets and wrist monitors, was largely developed as an alternative to incarceration.
Simon Monteiro, a serial abuser once dubbed the “playboy rapist,” faces new stalking and attempted stalking charges years after forensic psychiatrists w...
Matthew McDonald, a Pennsylvania man recently released from a decade-long prison sentence for robbery, vanished on March 9, 2023, after reportedly remov...