House Arrest Bracelet

Jails and prisons in this country are filled to maximum capacity. Room is at an all time premium in state correctional facilities and this has caused many states to find new angles of dealing with less serious offenders. Many judges have started to sentence people found guilty of various crimes to house arrest. This requires that an individual stay in his home, unless he or she has to go to work, and wear a house arrest bracelet to make sure he does so. These bracelets are special electronic monitoring devices that usually go around a person’s ankle and notifies the authorities as to the exact place that person is during any given time of the day.

 

Some of the key features of the House Arrest Bracelet are:

• Detects the presence of marijuana
• Detects the presence of methamphetamine
• Detects the presence of alcohol
• Active GPS tracking
• Body mass /body proximity sensors
• Medical grade casing/strap materials
• Real time geographic surveillance
• Water resistant and shock resistant
• Auto-reminders for battery recharging
• User interface software packages
• “Geo-Fencing” capability
• Cellular Voice communication between offender and probation officer.
• Weighs 4.5 oz.

The size of house arrest bracelets can vary but it’s usually the size of a large watch and is snugly secured to the sides of your ankle with a set of snapping rivets. These bracelets are designed to be very difficult to remove and will sound an alarm to the proper people in charge of the convicted person if it detects its being tampered with in any way.

Like a global positioning system, aka GPS, a house arrest bracelet transmits and receives electronic signals. A constant flow of positioning data is sent to the base where all of the people under house arrest within a specific district, country, city, or state are being tracked. When sentence is passed the judge will stipulate where the inmate is to be confined. He will be told where he or she can and cannot go depending on the extent of the crime, his criminal history, and family obligations. They are not allowed to leave their stated detained area. If they choose to do so they must get the approval of their parole officer or face being incarcerated in prison.

Keep in mind that this option is only applicable to criminals that have been convicted of less serious offenses. They were first put into use during the early 1980s as an alternative way to lesson the population of jail systems that were just starting to fill up to the brim and since have become more mainstream in states with little to no extra capacity for small time offenders.

Blutag Active

With this ankle monitoring device you are notified of all important events such as potential violations and low battery life. One of the main key points of this device is its active GPS monitoring. Supervising and parole officers can take appropriate actions much sooner compared to other similar devices because it’s all “real time” and information is transmitted is a much shorter time frame.

The BlueTag Active device can also provide authorities with up-to-date real time information about a person’s activities including deliberate blocking of GPS signals, alcohol consumption, and if the enrolled is leaving the premises without per-approval.

All information is transmitted to VeriTracks and data is submitted once every ten minutes using a nationwide cellular network. Supervising officers receive can set themselves up to receive via fax, email, page, or text message, whichever they prefer.