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Electronic Monitoring Hotspot Map

MediaJustice’s Challenging E-Carceration project has been researching national trends and local struggles involving electronic monitoring (EM) and other punitive technologies for several years. This map highlights our findings. Hover and click on states for information on how e-carceration is being implemented there, and how people are fighting to abolish it. You can read more about EM and COVID-19 in our special bibliography, or get more information from the complete list of MediaJustice’s publications on e-carceration. We also have a list of EM companies for your reference. If there is something in your community that should be added to the map, you can let us know by filling out our map intake form.

Colorado

Key Highlight: Headquarters of BI, the nation's largest EM company

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Boulder is the headquarters of BI Incorporated, the largest producer of electronic monitors in the U.S. Since 2004, BI has contracted with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to put GPS monitors on immigrants. From 2010-19, those contracts brought in $670 million for the company. BI is owned by The GEO Group, the world’s largest private prison operator. This video shows how their SmartLINK app, which is used widely in immigration and increasingly in the criminal legal system, works.

Resistance

In 2019 anti-bail activist and prominent abolitionist Elisabeth Epps was put on a monitor in Denver as part of a sentence for attempting to halt police when they approached a person in crisis.

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