New Electronic Monitoring Tech Piloted Both Inside and Outside of Prisons, Jails

Image caption: William Gilberto Landaverde, 22, who is from El Salvador wears an ankle monitor on December 4, 2017, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Image credit: Marie D. De Jesus / Houston Chronicle via Getty Images. Article by Tamar Sarai, Prism. Truthout – April 3, 2024. Originally published by Prism.

In an ad released last spring by top electronic monitoring manufacturer BI Incorporated, viewers are introduced to the VeriWatch, one of the latest in the company’s suite of digital surveillance tools. The short video follows a day in the life of a VeriWatch user: how he starts his morning unplugging his charger, getting ready for work, and snapping a selfie using his watch […]

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