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Governor signs bill limiting judges’ ability to order alcohol monitoring
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The measure follows an Injustice Watch investigation into abuses of the ankle bracelet program known as SCRAM.
The measure follows an Injustice Watch investigation into abuses of the ankle bracelet program known as SCRAM.
Following Injustice Watch’s reporting, county commissioners held a hearing into the company that has billed more than $3 million to defendants ordered to wear SCRAM alcohol monitors.
With no oversight from county officials or direction from the chief judge, a private contractor continues to profit from court-ordered alcohol monitors.
Anastasia Strauther still doesn’t understand why Cook County Judge Gregory Vazquez ordered her to wear a sobriety monitor for a driving on a suspended license case.
Billed as a humane punishment for drunk driving, SCRAM comes at a heavy cost for defendants. One judge in Maywood uses it often, and without oversight.