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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.

Massachusetts

Key Highlight: Massachusetts has the highest rate of EM for people on parole

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Massachusetts has highest rate of EM for people on parole

EM and the Law/Pretrial

In Commonwealth v. Norman, the court held that pretrial imposition of GPS monitoring was unreasonable for a defendant released under the general bail statute.

Post-prison

Jorge Renaud completed 17 years of a 60-year sentence in Texas before being paroled in 2008. Over the next ten years he worked, got a master’s degree, and wrote legislation for the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition. He was never on a monitor. When he landed a job in Massachusetts in 2018, the Department of Corrections put him on house arrest with an ankle monitor, making it difficult to carry on with his daily life. Finally, after six months they cut the monitor off.

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