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Another reason to believe GPS technocorrections are inevitable

By Douglas A. Berman

As regular readers know, I view GPS tracking and other (cost-saving?) technocorrections as virtually inevitable as society becomes ever-more acclimated to this kind of criminal justice innovation.  And this local article, headlined "Ankle Monitors Make the Grade in Texas," provides more evidence for my inevitability claims.  Here are excerpts:It began in Midland as a successful way of keeping kids in school, and now its spreading across the state.  A program in Midland uses ankle monitors to track truant kids, and that has court authorities all over Texas sitting up and taking notice.  The latest city to sign up is San Antonio. On Monday morning, the Midland County Commissioners Court re-approved the grant of about $200,000 for the tenth year in a row...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 26, 2008 (boomark / email).