Use of Electronic Offender-Tracking Devices Expands Sharply
Pew Charitable Trust
Sep 7, 2016

“The number of accused and convicted criminal offenders in the United States who are monitored with ankle bracelets and other electronic tracking devices rose nearly 140 percent over 10 years, according to a survey conducted in December 2015 by The Pew Charitable Trusts. More than 125,000 people were supervised with the devices in 2015, up from 53,000 in 2005.”

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