Bail With Ankle Bracelet In Cook
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The microphone and speaker are activated remotely. Before those turn on, the ankle bracelet emits a sound and vibrates. That provides a warning to the defendant who's wearing it. Shortly after that, they and anyone they're with are being recorded.
The Cook County Sheriff's Electronic Monitoring Program (EM) is a pre-trial monitoring program created to ease overcrowding in the Cook County Department of Corrections. Since its inception in 1989, over 300,000 DOC individuals in custody have been placed on EM.
SCRAM bracelets can detect small amounts of alcohol in your sweat, even blood alcohol concentrations below 0.02%. However, SCRAM systems usually consider it a “positive consumption violation” if the wearer's alcohol consumption results in a BAC of 0.02% or higher.
They're Not Just For Tracking Your Movements. Ankle monitors don't just track where you are and where you go. Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitors (SCRAM) can test your sweat and detect the level of alcohol in your body.
Some examples of crimes that receive ankle monitors include: Driving under the influence. Minor drug or alcohol offenses. Nonviolent sex offenses. Unlawful immigration.
An Alternative to a Jail Sentence If you're deemed a low-risk offender, you may avoid jail by wearing an ankle monitor instead. An ankle monitor is typically used as an alternative to pre-trial detention or as a condition of probation.
A SCRAM bracelet is a device that attaches to your ankle and detects the presence of alcohol in sweat.
RF monitoring is primarily “curfew monitoring.” With RF, a participant wears an ankle bracelet and places a home monitoring unit in his or her home. The unit can be set to detect a bracelet within a range of 50 to 150 feet. When a bracelet comes in range of the unit, the unit sends a notice to the monitoring center.
Located in each U.S. district court, pretrial services officers work with people who are charged with federal crimes and awaiting trial, helping to ensure defendants return to court for scheduled appearances and do not pose a danger to the community.
