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February 24, 2010
St. Louis County Tests Alcohol Bracelets, Awards Contract to EMASS and SCRAM

Eastern Missouri Alternative Sentencing Services (EMASS) has announced that Saint Louis County Justice Services has awarded their alcohol monitoring contract for the county’s DUI offenders to EMASS and their transdermal alcohol sensors, known as SCRAM.
February 02, 2010
Judges Looking to Technologies to Reduce Jail Stays, Cut Costs in Underfunded Courts: Growing Success of State’s Drug Courts Takes Center Stage at Michigan Conference

When the Michigan Association of Drug Court Professionals (MADCP) hosts its annual conference in Lansing this week, 500 judges and drug court professionals from around the state will be aggressively looking at cost-effective technologies in an effort to meet the rapidly growing crisis in the state’s budget and corrections system.
January 29, 2010
Courts Tell Texas Offenders: Stay Home, Stay Sober: Officials to Wear, Test Next Generation Alcohol Anklets in Austin at Next Week’s National Corrections Conference

When the American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) hosts its 2010 Winter Training Institute at the Hilton Austin next week, corrections professionals and judges from throughout Texas and across the U.S. will be wearing and testing the next generation in alcohol monitors: A single anklet that lets courts monitor offenders 24/7 for alcohol as well as monitor their location through House Arrest.
November 09, 2009
24/7 Alcohol Bracelets Helping to Keep Veterans Sober and Accountable: Buffalo Veterans Court Tackling Alcohol Issues With Tough Monitoring, a Touch of Compassion

As the country prepares to honor its military veterans November 11th, the Buffalo Veterans Treatment Court is employing a high-tech tool to help keep their community’s struggling military veterans sober and accountable.
October 15, 2009
South Dakota Supreme Court Upholds Validity of SCRAM Alcohol Monitors

In the nation’s first appellate decision on the use of SCRAM alcohol monitors as a reliable way to monitor criminal offenders for alcohol consumption, the South Dakota Supreme Court has issued a ruling that upholds the admissibility of SCRAM testimony and evidence under the standard established by Daubert v. Merrill Dow Pharmaceuticals