http://alcoholmonitoring.com/index en jrosenberg@alcoholmonitoring.com Copyright 2010 2010-02-24T14:00:23+00:00 http://www.alcoholmonitoring.com/index/browse/press-releases/all/read/2439 http://www.alcoholmonitoring.com/index/browse/press-releases/all/read/2439 Eastern Missouri Alternative Sentencing Services (EMASS) has announced that Saint Louis County Justice Services has awarded their alcohol monitoring contract for the county’s DUI offenders to EMASS and their transdermal alcohol sensors, known as SCRAM. 2010-02-24T14:00:23+00:00 http://www.alcoholmonitoring.com/index/browse/press-releases/all/read/2390 http://www.alcoholmonitoring.com/index/browse/press-releases/all/read/2390 When the Michigan Association of Drug Court Professionals (MADCP) hosts its annual conference in Lansing this week, 500 judges and drug court professionals from around the state will be aggressively looking at cost-effective technologies in an effort to meet the rapidly growing crisis in the state’s budget and corrections system. 2010-02-02T16:56:47+00:00 http://www.alcoholmonitoring.com/index/browse/press-releases/all/read/2388 http://www.alcoholmonitoring.com/index/browse/press-releases/all/read/2388 When the American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) hosts its 2010 Winter Training Institute at the Hilton Austin next week, corrections professionals and judges from throughout Texas and across the U.S. will be wearing and testing the next generation in alcohol monitors: A single anklet that lets courts monitor offenders 24/7 for alcohol as well as monitor their location through House Arrest. 2010-01-29T21:07:47+00:00 http://www.alcoholmonitoring.com/index/browse/press-releases/all/read/1805 http://www.alcoholmonitoring.com/index/browse/press-releases/all/read/1805 As the country prepares to honor its military veterans November 11th, the Buffalo Veterans Treatment Court is employing a high-tech tool to help keep their community’s struggling military veterans sober and accountable. 2009-11-09T14:24:00+00:00 http://www.alcoholmonitoring.com/index/browse/press-releases/all/read/1804 http://www.alcoholmonitoring.com/index/browse/press-releases/all/read/1804 In the nation’s first appellate decision on the use of SCRAM alcohol monitors as a reliable way to monitor criminal offenders for alcohol consumption, the South Dakota Supreme Court has issued a ruling that upholds the admissibility of SCRAM testimony and evidence under the standard established by Daubert v. Merrill Dow Pharmaceuticals 2009-10-15T20:16:00+00:00 http://www.alcoholmonitoring.com/index/browse/press-releases/all/read/1803 http://www.alcoholmonitoring.com/index/browse/press-releases/all/read/1803 While a study released last week by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) indicates growing public support for the use of ignition interlocks on the cars of drunk drivers, a growing body of justice officials and policymakers say the trend is actually dealing with the people—not just the cars—when it comes to mitigating the social and financial costs of the DUI epidemic. 2009-09-24T16:53:00+00:00 http://www.alcoholmonitoring.com/index/browse/press-releases/all/read/1802 http://www.alcoholmonitoring.com/index/browse/press-releases/all/read/1802 The manufacturer of SCRAM alcohol bracelets is countering reports that their alcohol-sensing ankle bracelets falsely confirmed a drinking event because of exposure to hairspray for a Florida defendant out on bond for a DUI manslaughter and DUI with serious bodily injury case. The bracelets, worn 24/7, sample an offender’s perspiration every 30 minutes in order to measure for alcohol consumption. 2009-09-15T15:58:00+00:00 http://www.alcoholmonitoring.com/index/browse/press-releases/all/read/1801 http://www.alcoholmonitoring.com/index/browse/press-releases/all/read/1801 When traffic safety professionals from across the country meet at the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center next week, many will be evaluating what justice professionals are calling one of the first programs to make an impact on the DUI epidemic: statewide 24/7 Sobriety Programs. 2009-08-28T14:14:00+00:00 http://www.alcoholmonitoring.com/index/browse/press-releases/all/read/1800 http://www.alcoholmonitoring.com/index/browse/press-releases/all/read/1800 The release of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) 2008 numbers for alcohol-related traffic fatalities has sparked a substantial conversation in the justice system, thanks in part to sizable drops in alcohol-related fatalities in states focusing on 24/7 sobriety programs for convicted drunk drivers. 2009-08-18T18:04:00+00:00 http://www.alcoholmonitoring.com/index/browse/press-releases/all/read/1774 http://www.alcoholmonitoring.com/index/browse/press-releases/all/read/1774 Denver-based Alcohol Monitoring Systems (AMS) has recently lost a long-standing patent infringement case against Tampa, Florida-based Actsoft. But company officials are calling the loss a win for its proprietary SCRAM System. 2009-07-16T13:00:00+00:00