
Episode 310 • • 1:42:58 - 1:45:23
310: Hail the Foot
Lindsay Lohan and the Alcohol Monitoring Bracelet Meme
The media has dubbed Lindsay Lohan's malfunctioning alcohol monitoring bracelet "bad bling." The hosts argue that electronic monitoring is being marketed as a fashionable "meme" to make house arrest and state surveillance seem cool to the public. They suggest that these devices are a way for the prison system to shift costs onto the defendants while maintaining constant oversight.
