The prison rate is dropping but the use of electronic monitoring is growing. Electronic Monitoring threatens to become a form of technological mass incarceration, shifting the site and costs of imprisonment from state facilities to vulnerable communities and households.
Electronic Monitoring Guidelines Learn More![[Graphic] A young child watches as an adult places an electronic monitor around their ankle. Text on top of the photo reads: "No More Shackles: Ten Arguments Against the Use of Pretrial Electronic Monitoring. Report Launch Event. 10/30 @ 7 pm CT. facebook.com/mediajustice".](png/nomoreshackles_report_oct2019_launch-1-688x498.png)
Join us on October 30th for the launch of MediaJustice’s new report, No More Shackles: Ten Arguments Against Pretrial Electronic Monitoring. A portion of the night will also be livestreamed on Facebook.
Learn More Get the ReportThe #ChallengingEcarceration project, part of the #NoDigitalPrisons campaign at MediaJustice, was launched in 2018 to contest the use of electronic monitoring in the criminal justice and immigration system. Use of electronic monitoring has doubled in the past decade, and the net is widening. Immigrants, young people, and adults on parole are now commonly placed under electronic supervision. While decarceration is a priority, punitive alternatives like electronic monitoring are false solutions that must be challenged.
In March 2018, led by MediaJustice Fellow James Kilgore, the #ChallengingEcarceration project released a set of guidelines to support advocates and policymakers to protect the human rights of those who are monitored. Over 50 racial justice, criminal justice and civil rights organizations endorsed the guidelines.
