Videos This video shows a 2014 mobilization of activists and faith-based organizations in Milwaukee who targeted GPS monitoring and parole revocations. This may be the earliest statewide protest against EM in the U.S. James Morgan speaks about being repeatedly sent back to prison for allegedly violating EM rules. EM and the Law/Post-Prison In 2018 eight …
Learn MorePretrial/Companies In Houston in 2019, local EM company Guarding Public Safety repossessed the ankle monitor of a person charged in a murder case, leaving him unmonitored for two weeks. The company took off the monitor because the man was unable to pay the monitor fees. He ended up back in jail for being “at large.” …
Learn MorePost-Prison The Oklahoma Department of Corrections’ GPS program for people coming out of prison imposes a number of onerous restrictions that actively impede the reentry process. Among them, participants are not allowed to operate a motor vehicle without express permission. They are also prohibited from securing loans for anything other than education and are prohibited …
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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