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Ohio Prisons to Launch Drones to Patrol Prison Perimeter
By breitbart.com- Warner Todd Huston
Published: 10/03/2014

The Ohio penal system is to be the first in the country to use drones to monitor its facilities. On October 2, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections began a pilot program to test the capabilities of two $170,000 drones bought to monitor the exterior of its Lebanon and Warren Correctional Institutions.

The drones are called the Aerostat and are a tethered system that hovers overhead but is not free roaming.

The flying machine has day and nighttime cameras to monitor inmates in the yard as well as keeping cameras focused on fence perimeters to make sure no unwanted visitors sneak up to the fence line.

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