Industry news, policy changes, and regulatory updates in electronic monitoring
The UK National Audit Office dropped a 63-page report on 10 July 2026 that should worry every corrections agency in the world considering rapid electronic monitoring expansion. The verdict, delivered…
Four years after Quebec became the first Canadian province to deploy GPS ankle monitors specifically for domestic violence prevention, the numbers look impressive. The province’s anti-approach bracelet (bracelet antirapprochement, or…
On June 10, 2026, the Ohio House of Representatives voted 94-2 to approve House Bill 667—the Reagan Tokes and Patrick Heringer Act—mandating continuous real-time GPS monitoring of violent offenders released…
New Zealand Police have approved development of a trial for “Custody Biometric Life Sign Monitoring” — wall-mounted radar sensors that track a detained person’s heart rate, breathing, and movement without…
On June 8, 2026, Barbados launched what may be the most significant reform of its criminal justice system in three decades. At a high-level symposium at the Radisson Hotel in…
When Cambodia’s Director General of Prisons Chhorn Sanath and his delegation walked into the China-ASEAN Information Harbour (CAIH) headquarters in Nanning, Guangxi province, on June 3, 2026, they were not…
When federal authorities quietly removed 20 detainees from Guam’s Hagåtña Detention Facility in late 2025, it was not a routine transfer. It was a signal — the kind that precedes…
On March 4, 2026, a 28-year-old woman was stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend at an outlet mall near Ikebukuro’s Sunshine City in Tokyo. She had obtained a restraining order.…
Nearly 28,000 convicted murderers, rapists, and armed robbers released on parole in South Africa have simply vanished — and the government cannot find them. An amaBhungane investigation published on May…
On May 21, 2026, representatives from Moldova’s National Probation Inspectorate gathered in Chișinău to evaluate a program that most Western criminal justice professionals don’t know exists. Over the preceding 15…
When Portugal’s Directorate-General for Reintegration and Prison Services (DGRSP) published its latest statistical report on electronic monitoring this week, one number dominated the headlines: 222.61%. That is how much ankle-bracelet…
Two headlines from the same week tell the story of American correctional healthcare in 2026. In Kansas, the Department of Corrections signed an $88.9 million contract with VitalCore Health Strategies…