Topic: Jail Overcrowding

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Just Hiking
Episode 237 1:22:23 - 1:25:21

237: Just Hiking

BI Incorporated and Electronic Shackle Centers

A new "Day Reporting Center" in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, run by BI Incorporated, is highlighted. The facility uses electronic bracelets to monitor "clients" (non-violent criminals) to ease jail overcrowding. The hosts criticize the terminology used by news readers, such as "enrollment" in prison and "clients" for inmates.