Topic: Ankle Monitors

A high school's plan to require athletes to wear ankle monitors for social distancing was retracted following parent backlash. In a more severe case, Cook County Judge James Shapiro stripped a mother of her parenting time because she was unvaccinated, despite the issue not being raised by the father. The mother is appealing the order, which her attorney calls an unprecedented overstep of judicial authority.

Zachary Cruz, brother of the Parkland shooter, faced a $500,000 bond and strict probation terms after trespassing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Court proceedings revealed disturbing conversations where the brothers allegedly discussed Nikolas Cruz's newfound "popularity" and the potential to start a fan club to attract women. The situation is described as a total breakdown of law enforcement and social control in the region.

Pittsburgh courts report a massive backlog of nearly 1,000 people waiting for electronic monitoring ankle bracelets. The "Phoenix Docket" program has become so successful that the demand for monitoring units for minor offenses has outpaced the supply.

BI Incorporated, a company providing electronic monitoring for 16,000 offenders across 49 states, suffered a 12-hour system shutdown after hitting a 2-billion record data storage limit. Spokesman Jock Waldo stated the company is expanding the threshold to a trillion records following the unprecedented failure.

Police Chief Mike Chitwood of Daytona Beach, Florida, has implemented a GPS ankle monitoring program for high-risk juveniles to combat local crime. The program, a partnership with the Department of Juvenile Justice, tracks offenders every 10 seconds and alerts authorities if they leave permitted zones.

An article in The Atlantic titled "Prison Without Walls" details how ankle monitors from BI Incorporated are being used to replace traditional incarceration. BI Incorporated, based in Boulder, Colorado, partners with Microsoft and various law enforcement associations to provide tracking technology. The hosts characterize this as a shift toward "home-based slave labor" that benefits private corporations.