Erring On The Side Of Persecution

Mar. 25, 2013 5:59 PM

Concerns raised over reliability of state's GPS monitoring of sex offenders

"AH sits on the steps near his Madison apartment shortly after release from a 51-day jail stay. From January 2011 to November 2012, H was arrested at least 12 times for parole violations related to his GPS monitor, spending 74 days in custody.

JM and AH were convicted of violent sex crimes and served many years in prison.

Now they are on parole, living in Madison neighborhoods, attending treatment groups and wearing Global Positioning System (GPS) ankle monitors — tracking that, under Wisconsin law, will continue for the rest of their lives.

But M,  H and 11 other offenders interviewed for this report say that Wisconsin’s GPS tracking system repeatedly fails, registering false alerts and landing the offenders in jail although they have done nothing wrong."

http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20130326/OSH0101/303260140/Concerns-raised-over-reliability-state-s-GPS-monitoring-sex-offenders?nclick_check=1

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http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/blind-spots-in-electronic-monitoring_2013-04-01.html

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http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/state&id=9062327