High-Tech Systems Help Keep Tabs on the Accused. Susan Jacobson.
by Jacobson, Susan; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 71Science. Publisher: Orlando Sentinel, 2003ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Alternatives to imprisonment | Criminals -- Attitudes | Florida | House arrest | Pre-trial release | Prisoners -- Monitoring | Speech processing systems | Technological innovationsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "In an effort to save money and jail space, Osceola County, Fla., has been using a gizmo that looks like a free-standing automated-teller machine to keep track of people out on bail and awaiting trial....It's not the only high-tech system Osceola is using to keep tabs on people in trouble with the law who are out of jail. Sixteen people on house arrest are being monitored through a system that calls them randomly throughout the day--and at all hours of the night." (ORLANDO SENTINEL) This article examines the advantages and disadvantages of these high-tech systems.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: High-Tech Systems Help Keep Tabs on the Accused, July 14, 2003; pp. n.p..
"In an effort to save money and jail space, Osceola County, Fla., has been using a gizmo that looks like a free-standing automated-teller machine to keep track of people out on bail and awaiting trial....It's not the only high-tech system Osceola is using to keep tabs on people in trouble with the law who are out of jail. Sixteen people on house arrest are being monitored through a system that calls them randomly throughout the day--and at all hours of the night." (ORLANDO SENTINEL) This article examines the advantages and disadvantages of these high-tech systems.
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