What Judges are saying about SCRAM …
“One of the most important decisions I have to make when an offender is in front of my court is how to best mitigate risk and avoid future alcohol-related violations. By putting an offender on SCRAM, I’m confident that I’m doing the most I can to protect the safety of my community because this person will now be monitored around the clock.”
“Ultimately if you can keep them from drinking, obviously you can keep them from drinking and driving.”
“Since we’ve implemented SCRAM, we’ve experienced a significant reduction in drinking violations while offenders are on the system. We feel that SCRAM is helping our alcohol offenders become more accountable for their actions.”
“SCRAM gives offenders the opportunity to prove to me – and to themselves – that they can be responsible and trusted.”
“Continuous alcohol monitoring lets us quickly assess the severity of an offender’s drinking problem and their risk to the community. Then we can better tailor the sentence to the individual.”
“The financial benefit of the system is another perk because offenders pay the cost to use SCRAM, as opposed to taxpayers contributing to the $45 per day/per inmate for the local jail.”
“The bottom line is this – SCRAM is a tool I can use to help people help themselves and that I can use to make my community safer.”
