Ankle Monitors Aren’t Humane. They’re Another Kind of Jail
Ankle Monitors Aren’t Humane. They’re Another Kind of Jail
Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer
August 7, 20186m 56s
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Show Notes
Ankle monitors are trending these days: Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and former Donald Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort are under the electronic tether, and last month, in the wake of outrage over immigration officials separating families at the border, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement began monitoring migrant parents electronically rather than keeping them incarcerated in detention centers. More than 35,000 immigrants have been assigned an ankle monitor GPS unit.
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