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| State revives monitoring bracelets to protect domestic violence victims |
| By bangordailynews.com - Nick McCrea |
| Published: 08/02/2013 |
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BANGOR, Maine — The Maine Department of Corrections has 150 electronic monitoring bracelets that have sat idle for nearly a decade because officials said using them was less efficient and effective than hoped, according to a department spokesman. But a bill signed by Gov. Paul LePage in June opens the door for implementing a newer, cost-effective technological system that will keep tabs on some offenders to protect their victims. The radio frequency monitoring systems were culled around 2005 because they proved less useful than the state’s corrections department had hoped, department spokesman Scott Fish said Thursday. Fish said that he didn’t know the cost of the 2004 program and did not provide it by Thursday night. Read More. |
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