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Abdel Ghani Meskini, who received a short prison term for his role in a failed plot in Los Angeles, has been rearrested.
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 Diana Ortiz, who was convicted of setting up a robbery, left prison after spending more than half her life there.
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Shuaib A. Raheem was granted release by the state parole board after serving 35 years for the killing of Officer Stephen Gilroy in 1973.
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The ruling forbids sentences of life without parole for juveniles who do not participate in homicides.
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 Joseph L. Bruno, the former New York State Senate majority leader and once one of the state’s most powerful politicians, denied committing a crime.
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A new policy thrusts Gov. David A. Paterson into the country’s immigration debate and could give new hope to legal immigrants facing deportation.
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Robert Morales is accused of attempted murder in the attack on Officer Samuel Salters at his Brooklyn office.
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A paroled murderer shot his parole officer in the shoulder while waiting for an appointment at a state office in Downtown Brooklyn on Thursday evening, the authorities said.
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An overhaul of the prison system, involving the early release of 6,500 inmates, was estimated to save some $100 million this year.
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After 16 failed attempts, Thomas Hagan, the man who admitted to shooting Malcolm X as he lay bleeding, has been given his freedom by the state.
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Complaints and new arrests have prompted some states to reconsider giving prisoners time off for good behavior.
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Leeland Eisenberg, who took hostages at Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign office in New Hampshire in 2007, is back in custody after cutting off his electronic monitoring bracelet
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Leeland Eisenberg, man who took hostages in 2007 at Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign office in Rochester, NH, cuts off electronic monitoring bracelet and is fugitive; Eisenberg was given 'last chance' at freedom by judge who released him despite probation violations
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Former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett, sentenced to seven and half years for 2006 armed robbery, is again seeking early release from prison
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 Eddie Jones, who was to become the first prisoner to be freed under New York’s expanded compassionate-release law, died Monday in his hospice bed in a state prison.
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Actsoft’s House Arrest Solution operates on Motorola Bluetooth enabled handsets through the Sprint Nextel iDEN wireless network. 
Actsoft software uses Bluetooth technology as the chief communication protocol between wireless handsets and the ankle bracelet. The handset serves as the primary communication device and the Bluetooth ankle bracelet operates as a secondary device.
The handset is responsible for locating, establishing and maintaining a constant connection with the bracelet.
As the primary device, the wireless handset continuously queries the ankle bracelet to determine if it is within acceptable range. Based on the level of Bluetooth in the bracelet, the range is approximately 30 feet. Each bracelet has a unique 12-character Bluetooth address enabling it to be identified independently.
During the initial fitting of the ankle bracelet, the offender’s baseline levels for various sensor items are set, including:
- Ethanol level to monitor alcohol consumption
- Infra Red to determine tamper events
- Temperature to monitor changes in body temperature
- Battery level to monitor charging requirements
Following baseline configurations, the application regularly monitors each bracelet’s status sensors. A unique feature of the bracelet is a built-in alcohol sensor, which detects traces of Ethanol in a person, indicating alcohol consumption. This innovative element differentiates Actsoft’s solution from most competitors.
Actsoft’s software also has the ability to store events and alerts in a history file. Agency personnel are alerted when an offender steps out of range or violates a condition (e.g. a pedophile cannot go within 2000 feet of a school). The device also provides a voice alert to the offender when the battery needs to be recharged.
Often there are multiple offenders within an agency’s House Arrest program, all with different specifications and conditions. HAS allows personnel to customize and configure program parameters to meet specific terms and conditions of each offender’s House Arrest mandate. This cutting-edge solution provides agency personnel with information necessary to keep all offenders within agreed parameters.
Actsoft has a very user-friendly computer interface that provides agencies with core technology to efficiently manage, monitor and control their overall Electronic Monitoring Program.
In addition to the user interface, Field Officers and Case Workers have the ability to track offenders on their own handsets using Officer View, which shows the offender’s historical breadcrumb trail. Using this data, Field Officers know the offenders’ location at all times.
Reports illustrate all arrivals and departures from inclusion and exclusion zones for each offender, displaying date, time and location of events.