Episode 227 • • 1:01:41 - 1:05:22
227: Eat, Pray, Love. In The Morning
Scram Alcohol Monitoring and the Privatization of Incarceration
The "Scram" ankle bracelet, famously worn by Lindsay Lohan, is highlighted as a tool for the privatization of incarceration through home monitoring. The hosts examine the website jailovercrowding.com, which promotes alcohol monitoring as a solution for bankrupt states like California. They argue that this technology effectively turns private homes into "personal jails" and creates a profit motive for continuous surveillance.