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Abstract: 

Unlike most of the states that are experiencing severely overcrowded prisons and strained corrections budgets, the state of South Dakota has actually seen a decline in its prison numbers for two consecutive years. Since 2006, the number of male inmates entering South Dakota prisons has dropped by 14%, and the program results are helping save the state’s budget and citizens tens of millions of dollars annually. One factor that has contributed to this change is South Dakota’s 24/7 Sobriety Project, a program that targets felony DUI offenders and others who have committed alcohol-related crimes. This article describes and discusses that project.

Keywords: Continuous alcohol monitoring solution; SCRAM; Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor

Affiliations:  1: Alcohol Monitoring Systems.