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TRACKtech is Featured on The Crisis of Crime Podcast

Crisis of Crime is an educational podcast hosted by Criminologist Rachel Means, where she discusses topics related to criminology, criminal justice reform, social justice, and more. Our Chief Alliance Officer, Ben Williams, had a great discussion with Rachel about TRACKtech solutions and how they are designed to help reduce recidivism rates among individuals reentering society, […]

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Remote Supervision Solutions In a Post-Pandemic World

Remote supervision solutions are becoming more popular in the current pandemic world, as they are needed to keep officers and supervised individuals safe and healthy. However, in a post-pandemic world these solutions could be the key to continuing to reduce recidivism and keeping individuals out of the criminal justice system. Cisco recently published a Flash

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Let’s Get Personal: Client Communication Solutions

This past year has been a difficult one to say the least for many individuals. The pandemic has created many barriers and difficulties for people in all professions and ways of life. Remote and virtual activities are the new normal, as well as maintaining safe distances. The world will be far from ‘normal’ for quite some

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Enhancing Resource Allocation, Caseload Optimization, and Operational Efficiency with Case Management Innovation

Almost every pretrial, probation and/or parole supervisor are overwhelmed with overloaded caseloads, some of which are assigned upwards of 150-200 cases. Administrative tasks, commuting, and check-ins take up straining amounts of time and often leads to unattended caseloads of low-risk and high-risk individuals. New technology is being developed to help with these inefficiencies and allowing supervisors

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Research Suggests Releasing People on Pretrial Does Not Affect Public Safety

An article published by the Prison Policy Initiative suggests that the long-time stigma of releasing those awaiting trial does not harm public safety. There were no corresponding waves in increased crime in states, cities and counties. “We found four states, as well as nine cities and counties, where there is existing data on public safety

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Shortage of Ankle Monitors Interferes with Release of Defendants

The Chicago Tribune posted an article highlighting how a lack of ankle monitors is keeping defendants behind bars. Because of the shortage, many people who were up for parole are stuck in Cook County Jail. Their original release date has been pushed back and they are unable to do anything about it because the corrections

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Allocating Parole and Probation Resources Better

Electronic supervision of individuals on probation and parole has been a very widespread and acceptable form of monitoring. With COVID-19 running rampant, facilities are scrambling for ways to reduce jail and prison overcrowding to keep inmates and staff members safe. There are now twice as many people under community supervision than are incarcerated in the

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