Electronic Monitoring

Electronic monitoring is not a better alternative to incarceration, because it sets you up to fail.

Koch used his money not for systemic change but to control the narrative around prisons for his profit.

The Senate passed the sentencing reform bill on Tuesday night in an 87-12 vote.

The First Step Act would increase the use of “digital prisons” — technologies that turn people's homes into jails.

One plaintiff paid more than 50 percent of his income to cover the electronic monitoring fees.

Domestic violence survivor Marissa Alexander talks about the monetary and emotional costs of home confinement.

Electronic monitoring is cheaper, but it's not humane.

Five companies extracting huge profits from the growth of prisons, often out of public sight.

Last week US authorities began to place ankle bracelets on a few newly arrived immigrants. This represents a continuation of the criminalization and punishment of immigrants. The root causes …

Electronic monitoring costs less than incarceration, but in the rush for a quick fix, we are overlooking key questions of human rights, private corrections company profiteering and potential threats …