Pre-Trial Marion County (where Indianapolis is located) has the highest levels of pretrial electronic monitoring usage in the U.S.Between 2017-19 Indianapolis had more than 8,300 people on pretrial monitors and 14,300 on post-trial monitors. By early 2020 more than 4,000 people were on a monitor at any given moment. Individuals paid a $50 set-up fee …
Learn MoreEM and the Law During the COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020 authorities in Louisville used electronic monitors for people who allegedly violated the stay at home restrictions. Corrections officers were tasked with distributing GPS trackers to people who left their house without approval. Police were arguing that this subjected police to COVID-19 when they went to …
Learn MorePretrial/EM and the Law In May 2019, Robert Hiskett was released from jail on an electronic monitor while he awaited trial. When the EM authorities told him he had to pay $400 a month in fees for the monitor, he told the court he could not afford the payment. Judge Rick Lambert sent him back …
Learn MoreCompanies/EM and the Law/Pretrial In 2018 four men filed suit in Alameda County against EM company LCA claiming that excessive user fees amounted to extortion. Each of the men had a dire personal situation, making payment of the $25 a day EM fees nearly impossible. One plaintiff, Robert Jackson, was serving 120 days in the …
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