Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 26—A pilot program that outfitted DWI offenders with alcohol monitoring bracelets proved successful in breaking the cycle for ...

There's a new technology available to law enforcement in the fight against drunken driving. A Colorado-based company, Alcohol Monitoring Systems, now manufactures and distributes a small ankle ...

URBANA – If Jamar Smith drinks a beer in the next six months, his probation officer will know about it via an ankle bracelet monitoring system. Smith, a former University of Illinois basketball player ...

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

But the company that makes the SCRAM bracelets says that about 60 percent of bracelet-wearers nationwide stay alcohol-free while wearing the devices. At first glance, there seems to be to no downside ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Bracelets that can tell when the wearer drinks alcohol are helping to protect the public while allowing some multiple-DUI offenders to remain out of jail before trial. Reports ...

But he may present a problem if he's released, as evidenced by the fact that he was out on bail from one alcohol offense when he was arrested on another. Porter Superior Court Judge Julia Jent on ...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Lindsay Lohan left court Monday with a heavy new piece of jewelry, but it wasn't her favorite kind of bling. Lohan sported an ugly, alcohol-monitoring ankle bracelet that ...

Missouri corrections officials are testing a way to keep offenders out of jail by putting bracelets on their ankles. But the bracelets won't be tracking the whereabouts of alcohol related offenders on ...

HAMLIN, W.Va. -- New technology allows Lincoln County to force continual alcohol tests upon those serving home confinement and probation. Secure Continuous Alcohol Monitoring, known by the acronym ...