Episode 226 • • 41:25 - 47:01
226: Your Ankle Bracelet Awaits
BI Incorporated, Ankle Monitors, Prison Privatization
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.