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Improving budgets and energy consumption in prison systems

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By CORYN WOLK Eneref Institute County and state prison departments are improving their budgets, energy consumption and local image, all thanks to solar heating. The Indiana Department of Corrections already had a “great emphasis on going green,” says Rick Larsen, … Continue reading →

Electronic monitoring reduces cost and workload for law enforcement

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With shrinking budgets and prison overcrowding, electronic monitoring for repeat drunk driving offenders and low-risk criminals is becoming increasingly popular at the local, county, state and federal levels of community corrections. For 30 years BI Incorporated, headquartered in Colorado, has … Continue reading →