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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.

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Shadowtrack is a cellphone app that has tracking capacities. In the wake of the pandemic many parole and probation deparments have implemented this technology both as a way of getting people out of jail and leaving behind the traditional ankle monitors. According to a report in The Guardian over 11,000 in Virginia were placed on Shadowtrack monitors. The company claims to have voice recognition software that can tell if a person has consumed drugs or alcohol.

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a suit on February 22nd, 2021 against Libre by Nexus, a Virginia-based company that pays bail bonds for people held in Immigration Detention. The suit alleges that the company then put people released on electronic monitoring devices for which they charged the client $14 a day. The fees for the monitor, along with other charges, the suit maintains often amounted to an annual interest rate of 57%.

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