For the past decade, Ada County, Idaho has equipped people charged with alcohol related crimes with SCRAM Continuous Alcohol Monitoring devices.  As part of the program, designed to monitor alcohol consumption on defendants throughout the county, participants must submit to alcohol monitoring 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  These devices have alleviated the […]

Across the State of New Mexico, counties have been implementing sobriety requirements in their courtrooms.  To monitor a defendant’s sobriety, many jurisdictions have turned to SCRAM (Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor) ankle bracelets.  These devices monitor alcohol consumption 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in participants.  In the Third Judicial Drug Court, out

Tommie Lee of Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta was reportedly ordered to wear an alcohol monitoring device as a condition of her pretrial release.  According to TMZ, Tommie was brought to court in Fulton County, Atlanta after two warrants were issued for her arrest.  The warrants relate to an alleged assault case at an Atlanta mall

Harvey Weinstein turned himself in to the New York Police Department early Friday morning.  He was charged with rape, criminal sex acts, forcible oral sex and others after two women came forward describing horrific encounters with the disgraced movie producer.  Allegations against Weinstein became public last year after a number of celebrities came forward.  Manhattan

Former San Francisco 49er and Oakland Raider Aldon Smith, was recently fitted with a SCRAM (Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor) device after being charged with domestic violence and violating a restraining order in the case.  A San Francisco Superior Court judge ordered for Smith to undergo 24 hour a day alcohol monitoring with the bracelet

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department in collaboration with the Cal State San Bernardino Reentry Initiative (CSRI) has announced the launch of a new pilot program that will help inmates integrate into society.  The Sheriff’s Parole Reintegration Pilot Program is designed to make the transition easier for inmates.  The program is an effort to stop

A Federal Judge in Virginia has ordered former Trump Campaign Manager Paul Manafort to wear a GPS Monitoring device while he awaits trial.  Manafort was indicted on charges of tax and bank fraud.  This is his second GPS monitoring device.  The original device was put on after he entered a not guilty plea in charges

Former Smallville actress Allison Mack was released on $5 million bond and placed under house arrest by a federal judge in New York.  Mack will await trial at her parent’s home in Los Alamitos, California on several felony charges including sex trafficking.  Federal prosecutors allege that Mack was involved in an elaborate scheme where she

How SCRAM Continuous Alcohol Monitoring helps to combat drunk driving Sandoval County, New Mexico offers participants in their DWI & Prevention Program the ability to wear a SCRAM (Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitoring) device in lieu of jail time.  The ankle bracelet is worn 24 hours a day, 7 days a week during the monitoring

Former Linebacker Aldon Smith was arrested for the third time in a couple of months this week.  The latest arrest occurred on April 6, 2018 after allegedly violating the terms of his bail agreement.  Aldon Smith is required to wear a GPS monitoring device and SCRAM bracelet that monitors alcohol consumption 24 hours a day,