False Positive Rates, False Negative Rates, and Positive Predictive Values are specific diagnostic test statistics that have been evaluated as part of rigorous testing protocols of SCRAM CAM devices. Literature shows little to no evidence of any false positives in field and laboratory settings.
Introducing SCRAM TouchPoint®, a mobile app enabling officers to effectively manage clients in pretrial, probation, and parole programs with streamlined communications and efficient supervision.
With a 93% compliance rate for those monitored with SCRAM Remote Breath®, and 63 SCRAM Continuous Alcohol Monitoring® (SCRAM CAM®) bracelets assigned in 2018, the Ravalli County, Montana, Jail Diversion program is helping clients successfully complete their sentences within a model alcohol and electronic monitoring program.
Since our founding, SCRAM Systems has provided forwarding-thinking, results-oriented software and hardware solutions to the community corrections market. See how we make a difference for the clients we monitor, help customers succeed, and support solutions that make communities safer.
SCRAM Systems is excited to announce the launch of SCRAM Nexus®. This industry-changing software brings data together to empower probation, parole, and pretrial agencies to effectively implement policy and evidence-based practices for every client—simply, efficiently, and consistently.
With the average GPS client generating almost 1,500 location points a day, it can be time consuming to sift through the data, making it difficult for officers to pinpoint issues they need to address with their clients. But SCRAM GPS® Analytics and On-Demand Pursuit Mode make it easy for officers to simplify large amounts of data and quickly find and follow a client’s movements.
SCRAM Continuous Alcohol Monitoring® (SCRAM CAM®) is the most widely used transdermal alcohol monitoring bracelet in the corrections industry. Every 30 minutes, 24/7, the SCRAM CAM bracelet tests the wearer’s sweat for alcohol, but how exactly does it work?
Jail overcrowding is a serious issue in the U.S., imprisoning more people than any other nation in the world. With 60% of jail inmates awaiting deposition and not actually serving time for a conviction, sheriffs programs that rely on alcohol monitoring technology to oversee clients in lieu of incarceration are becoming more prevalent throughout the states.
According to NHTSA, a person with one or more prior DUI/DWI offenses is 4.1x more likely to be involved in a fatal car crash, making repeat alcohol clients dangerous to a community. But, courts and agencies across the country are using alcohol monitoring technologies to create sustainable, outcome-driven programs to support long-term behavior change in repeat alcohol clients.
Whether you live on the East Coast, West Coast, or somewhere in between, if you get behind the wheel after drinking you will face the consequences and may even end up with a DUI on your record. But, DUI laws and penalties are not country-wide. In fact, many aspects of these laws vary greatly from state to state and may even be specific to a single state.