SecureAlert Inc., a national leader in offender intervention and tracking technologies applicable to public safety agencies, today announced that it has signed a contract with Clark County, Nev., to monitor juvenile offenders in Clark County. SecureAlert’s system will replace a GPS-monitoring system that used ankle cuffs, which can be tampered with or removed.
Clark County officials said SecureAlert ankle bracelets provide the latest technology: built-in cell phones to allow communication between supervisors and offenders and offer minute-by-minute tracking and warning signals that can be activated if an offender leaves or enters a specific area.
“What this provides is an opportunity to give assurance to the court and community that we’re using the latest technology,” Fritz Reese, Clark County’s Juvenile Justice services director, stated in the press release.
Judge William Voy, chief juvenile judge for Clark County, said the system saves the county money as an alternative to incarceration. It also keeps youth from exposure to negative influences.
“Once incarcerated, youth are exposed to other offenders and ideas that can promote further bad behavior. Our goal is to keep juveniles out of detention whenever possible, because they respond better to being kept in the community and being involved in positive community endeavors. However, in order to do so, you have to have the most secure means of monitoring possible. Until we found SecureAlert, we didn’t have a monitoring option that was secure enough,” Judge Voy stated.
The monitoring program was implemented in July of this year and has already grown to the monitoring of 100 youth. Clark County expects the program to expand to serve between 150-200 offenders.
“We are very excited to add Clark County to our growing roster of juvenile agencies that have chosen our ReliAlert product to aid them in the rehabilitation of Juveniles. GPS monitoring not only saves these agencies tremendous costs compared to incarceration, which can go as high as over $500 per day. More importantly, our GPS monitoring provides officers the ability to not only have the most secure monitoring device made, but to work proactively with their youth in providing positive messages via our unique voice communication,” John L. Hastings III, president and CEO of SecureAlert stated. “It is an honor to have the opportunity to serve the citizens of Clark County.”
For more information visit www.securealert.com
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