Victims worry funding will run out for domestic violence electronic monitoring program

There are more than 1,000 people across North Carolina accused of various domestic violence charges who have to wear ...
WDSU

Gretna Police Department's Ankle Monitoring program serves as 'model' for other departments across the country

TONIGHT, WDSU INVESTIGATES, DIGS DEEPER INTO ANKLE MONITORING SYSTEMS. THIS COMES AFTER WE UNCOVERED JUVENILES ON ANKLE MONITORS IN ORLEANS PARISH ARE NOT BEING TRACKED DAILY. ON THE OTHER HAND, DATA ...
KTALnews.com on MSN

Commission approves ankle monitoring program to reduce jail numbers and save taxpayers

The Caddo Parish Commission has authorized the Sheriff's Office to establish a pilot home incarceration and electronic ...
WBAL-TV

Hundreds face jail time as home monitoring program funding abruptly runs out

WITH DETAILS. LEGISLATORS SAY THEY’RE IN A REAL BIND. THEY SIMPLY CAN’T JUST WRITE A CHECK. ACCORDING TO THE SENATE PRESIDENT, THE JUDICIARY BECAME AWARE OF THE BUDGET PROBLEM SIX MONTHS AGO BUT ...
Chicago Tribune

Cook County chief judge makes electronic monitoring changes

The Cook County chief judge’s office has toughened protocols around its electronic monitoring program, making changes in the wake of high-profile incidents and as the office’s monitored population ...
KTBS 3

Caddo jail overcrowding worsens; electronic monitoring program introduced

Parish leaders have yet to act on Department of Justice recommendations to reduce Caddo Correctional Center overcrowding, and ...
Chicago Tribune

Electronic monitoring in Cook County: Officials poised to make changes but few details available

Earlier this month, at around 4:30 a.m., Chicago police officers noticed a car with a broken headlight and initiated a stop. The officers spotted a black bag on the floorboard, felt an L-shaped object ...
WBAL-TV

Judiciary finds short-term funding solution to keep pretrial home monitoring program running

THE PROGRAM RESUMES MONDAY. THE JUDICIARY FOUND MONEY IN ITS OWN BUDGET AFTER LAWMAKERS PUBLICLY CRITICIZED THEM FOR ITS LACK OF COMMUNICATION AND BOOKKEEPING. IT’S BACK THE STATE’S PRETRIAL HOME ...
The Inlander

A prescription monitoring program could save lives, but most Washington doctors aren't using it

Back in 2014, when he was the medical director of the opioid treatment program at the Spokane Regional Health District, Dr. Matt Layton saw firsthand just how useful Washington state's prescription ...