CHICAGO (CBS) -- A new electronic monitoring service, used by the courts in the Chicago area as an alternative to staying behind bars, has some questioning if the high tech ankle bracelets go too far.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The mother of Reagan Tokes, an Ohio State University student who was murdered by a man on ...

5 Investigates has learned that 3,000 ankle bracelets that are supposed to be monitoring accused and convicted criminals across Massachusetts are all being replaced.Watch the reportThe move by the ...

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) - Ankle bracelets are a type of monitoring device used to allow suspects and offenders to spend time outside of the cell walls. Especially in pretrial release, ankle ...

TAMPA (FOX 13) - Many people have probably heard of GPS monitoring for teens - but it's usually done through an app on their cell phone. A Clearwater company now offers GPS ankle bracelet monitoring, ...

Utah authorities think they have a valuable new use for the ubiquitous ankle bracelet: to locate missing patients with Alzheimer’s or dementia. Officials in Davis County, about half an hour north of ...

(WFSB) - In Connecticut, courts often order both violent and non-violent offenders to wear ankle monitors while out on bond, or on probation. There are several reasons why a suspect or convicted ...

NEW YORK — If an alcohol- monitoring bracelet can keep celebrities such as actress Lindsay Lohan from drinking, some parents might wonder: Can I get one for my teen? The answer is no. For the time ...

Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi isn't quite done being a legislator. The former supervisor recently introduced an ordinance that seeks to reduce the city's jail population by expanding who qualifies for ...

Harrison County Youth Court Judge Margaret Alphonso talks to Mississippi Department of Human Services caseworkers before their session on May17, 2016 in Gulfport. Now, she says 2017 state budget cuts ...