New Orleans Judge Steered People to Wear Ankle Monitors From Company Run by Campaign Donors, Lawsuit Says Judge Paul Bonin improperly required people who appeared in his courtroom to purchase ankle monitors from a private company run by one of his former law partners, a lawsuit says. Ko Bragg
Amid One Of The Nation’s Worst Coronavirus Outbreaks, A Shortage Of Ankle Monitors Kept Some People In Jail Advocates question why Chicago judges continued to order people to home detention instead of releasing them on their own recognizance. Kira Lerner
Government Enforcement of Quarantine Raises Concerns About Increased Surveillance Louisville, Kentucky judges are ordering people with COVID-19 who have allegedly defied quarantine to wear GPS ankle monitors, raising ethical questions about the government's role in a pandemic. Kira Lerner
As the U.S. Scrambles to Slow Coronavirus, We Should Be Wary of Increased Surveillance When the dust settles on this pandemic, we need to be clear on what was an emergency response and what is a desirable permanent change. James Kilgore
Illinois Loosened Ankle-Monitor Restrictions, But Advocates Say It’s Too Soon To Celebrate A Prisoner Review Board memo released in July requires a minimum of 12 hours of movement with ankle monitors, but some people say they’re still being given far less. Kira Lerner
Pushed to Curb Use of Cash Bail By January, Indiana Relies On ‘Knee-Jerk’ Alternative Advocates warn that overuse of ankle monitors and other forms of electronic monitoring produce consequences of their own. Kira Lerner
In One Arizona County, Pay For Your Ankle Monitor Or Go To Jail A lawsuit is challenging Mohave County’s practice of charging certain people for mandatory GPS monitoring before trial. Kira Lerner
Chicago is Tracking Kids With GPS Monitors That Can Call and Record Them Without Consent Cook County has a new contract for juvenile ankle monitors that critics say are an invasion of privacy. Kira Lerner
As States Look To Cut Jail Populations, Electronic ‘Miniature Prisons’ Are On the Rise There are more than 2,700 people on electronic monitoring in Cook County, Illinois, alone. Kira Lerner
The Appeal Podcast Episode 12: When Electronic Cages Replace Steel and Cement With journalist Kira Lerner. Adam H. Johnson
Ohio Council Member Wants to Implant Microchips in People Awaiting Trial Taking electronic monitoring to the next level. Kira Lerner
