When you drink alcohol, your liver is tasked with breaking it down — but not all of it. Some of it is expelled through breathing and urination. A tiny amount, about 1 percent, is excreted through the ...

Edgecombe County is testing a new, high-tech system designed to help get people with alcohol problems rehabilitated while freeing up jail space. The device, called the SCRAM bracelet -- Secure ...

DENVER, March 31, 2021 — Jail decarceration efforts have reduced the overall incarcerated and detained population in the U.S. by approximately 11% during the pandemic, and the numbers of individuals ...

The SCRAM bracelet, short for "secure continuous remote alcohol monitor," is a device being used to detect alcohol in DUI offenders through their sweat. There are currently 63 people in Lancaster ...

When Cowlitz County Superior Court Judge Stephen Warning sips a beer this weekend he won't be alone — a SCRAM alcohol detection bracelet on his ankle also will be along for the ride. Warning won't be ...

DENVER, May 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the Ministry of Justice in the United Kingdom announced new legislation under which offenders who commit alcohol-related crimes now may be banned from ...

Is Lindsay Lohan under the illusion that her SCRAM alcohol-monitoring tag has made leg accessories fashionable? On a night out with friends at the Voyeur nightclub in Los Angeles, the actress ...

The SCRAM bracelet also monitors proximity to the skin to determine whether or not it's being worn. Heath said it's possible that Vaglica's device was too loose, which could be recorded as tampering.