Tag Archives: electronic monitoring

Rock County’s electronic monitoring program includes GPS tracking, BI TAD continuous alcohol monitoring, and more

Posted on April 19, 2012
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Rock County has operated an electronic monitoring program since 1998. For many years, the county used the program lightly, topping out at 16 offenders in the early 2000s. Sheriff Robert Spoden sought to change that and saw the use of … More →

Posted in Industry News, Monitoring Technology

CIO Magazine highlights BI Incorporated Software Development Process

Posted on April 17, 2012
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Tighter budgets at all levels of government have forced these entities, including correctional agencies, to seek solutions from vendors that help staff be more efficient. In community corrections, probation and parole officers increasingly use technology – accessing 24/7 web portals, … More →

Posted in BI Insight, Industry News

Self-Pay Program Simplifies Fee Collection for Location Monitoring

Posted on March 22, 2012
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For agencies being asked to monitor more offenders with fewer resources, solutions that save time, reduce workload, and enhance revenue are valuable. Agencies that have location monitoring programs, such as GPS tracking, radio-frequency, cellular or continuous alcohol monitoring, are able … More →

Posted in BI Insight, Monitoring Technology

Report: states change corrections policies in 2011 to reduce prison populations

Posted on March 13, 2012
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While more than 7.1 million men and women are now involved in the U.S. correctional system, for the first time in decades, states are incarnating fewer people, according to a Bureau of Justice study released last year.  While the change … More →

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Washington State’s self-serve electronic monitoring

Posted on January 24, 2012
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The offender-pay electronic monitoring model continues to grow in popularity in counties across the country. In western Washington State, courts are increasingly mandating electronic home monitoring to low-level offenders in order to conserve jail space for more serious inmates. Oftentimes, … More →

Posted in Monitoring Technology

What is the offender-funded option in electronic monitoring?

Posted on December 22, 2011
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Electronic monitoring programs can be an effective alternative to detention as correctional agencies seek to ensure offenders comply with agency- or court-ordered conditions to community release. By collecting offender fees, program costs can be defrayed, allowing agencies to supervise a … More →

Posted in BI Insight, Monitoring Technology

4 options for implementing the offender-funded electronic monitoring program

Posted on December 13, 2011
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Increasingly, correctional agencies are recovering some of the cost to administer electronic supervision programs through offender fees.  An offender-funded option typically assesses a daily or monthly fee to individuals being monitored. Electronic monitoring programs require a local office; staff; electronic … More →

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New Jersey creates task force to expand reentry options

Posted on December 8, 2011
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced a major expansion to the state’s reentry efforts this week in an attempt to reduce recidivism and lower costs to taxpayers. He announced creation of the Task Force for Recidivism Reduction, which will be … More →

Posted in Industry News, Reentry

Offender-funded electronic monitoring helps defray program costs

Posted on November 10, 2011
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Electronic monitoring programs can be an effective alternative to detention as correctional agencies seek to ensure offenders comply with agency- or court-ordered conditions to community release. By collecting offender fees, program costs can be defrayed, allowing agencies to supervise a … More →

Posted in Monitoring Technology

Making Community Supervision Safer through Electronic Monitoring

Posted on November 3, 2011
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Standards for electronic monitoring have been important for the community corrections industry and manufacturers of offender location monitoring technology and systems. In a recent video released by the National Institute of Justice, George Drake of the Corrections Technology Center of … More →

Posted in Industry News, Monitoring Technology