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Tracking and Monitoring System for Prisoners in California, Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, Virginia being used now...more states to follow

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Wi-Fi Planet.com's Daily Newsletter RFID Tracking Allows Prisons to More Closely Monitor Inmates By Daniel Casciato One of the nation's largest correctional institutions is spending $3.3 million to install an RFID inmate tracking system to track and monitor over 2,000 of its inmates?making it the largest installation of RFID technology to track and monitor people anywhere in the world. According to the president of the company installing the tracking system, the technology will provide the Washington, D.C. Department of Corrections (DOC) facility with a state-of-the-art investigative tool and safety system for its 450-plus staff. "They approached us because they recognized the value of the technology and enhancing their ability to manage inmates," said Greg M...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on July 11, 2008 (boomark / email).