"I just so happened to get into the business.. to help people" he forced that last part out so bad. His intentions are written all over his demeanor. If there's something to be manipulated and taken advantage of. That guy is ready and waiting

Running prisons as a business SHOULD NOT BE A THING.

what bothered me most abt that old guy was that it wasn’t that he was giving up the truth of what it is, it’s that he was bragging about it.

My son was accused of a crime he didn't commit - robbery of a liquor store as a 16 year old minor. The police had a poor quality surveillance video and the only evidence they had was that my son was wearing a very similar jacket to the person that committed the crime and a witness who thought my son looked like the person who committed the crime. They picked him up outside of school as he was working with his classmates in the parking lot on their strategies for their National Speech and Debate Association state competition (they won the regional event). As a white person with a six figure salary, I hired a lawyer and he destroyed the police and their lame evidence. The reason why I could annihilate the police was that I I had a nurse that visited my home on the day of the robbery at the time of the robbery to tend to my wife who was recovering from cancer and was on home care IV therapies, because I have great insurance from a high paying job. She happened to have a long conversation with my son, who was working on getting into a good chemistry program as he wants to be a research pharmacologist. My lawyer had her speak to the prosecutor who immediately realized he has less than a case and promptly dropped the issue. I wasn't satisfied so I pressed charges against the police for profiling. It cost me north of $30,000 in legal fees but it was worth it just to see the police squirm. The police department was required to issued a statement of apology in return for me dropping charges with the condition that the investigation was expunged and sealed. By the way, my son is adopted and 'black' whatever that is supposed to mean. I wonder how that would have turned out if he was not adopted and the child of some poor parent without resources to do what I did. No wait, I don't wonder, nor does anyone with reasonable cognitive function. The legal system is trash that bends to people with resources to be used as a weapon to people without. You know it. I know it. The American people know it. And because we've done nothing about it, we're worse that the people the justice system calls criminals. You can lie to yourself all you want and to all the other deniers, but deep down, you know it's absolutely true.

“There’s eventually gonna be a chip in you, we’re working on it” How casual and certain he was about that was chilling

Seriously being on house arrest is life ruining. They were trying to charge me for a crime TWO years later. I totally thought the charges were dropped but TWO years later I get a letter letting me know I have a court date. Go to court and instantly get put on house arrest. Why?!?!? I hadn’t been in trouble with the law for TWO YEARS and now I need to be put on house arrest?!? I had to pay monthly for the ankle bracelet and it didn’t count as time served. I fought it in court and the charges were dropped! I was punished though, financially ruined, and being put on house arrest is like being in jail but it punishes people before they’re even proven guilty! Complete BS! *Edit* : To add context it was a criminal driving offense. I was picked up and arrested at my house. Not while I was driving. My whole family shares my car it’s just in my name. I was proven innocent, but I was severely punished. It ruined me financially, mentally, emotionally, the list goes on. Why should anyone be punished before being proven innocent or guilty? Especially someone with no criminal record like I had?

“I’m just a businessman,” no, you are a leech, and that was proven when he said that you are guilty until proven innocent. So gross. When cops are so lazy and incompetent, I don’t think that’s a good idea.

A week ago, my auto insurance went up again. I called to get my previous monthly price back and the representative suggested a discount if my vehicle have a tracking device with audio monitoring to see if Im on the phone while driving or speeding. Straightforward, companies are taking advantage of our daily lives. The statement that went too far is having a CHIP in your body. That’s the goal, to monitor everyone in society and have us pay for it. Regardless if you’re innocent or guilty, or not in some legal bind, this stuff is happening.

The issue seems to be that we keep people in jail for unreasonably long times, pre-trial. Letting people stay out of jail (even with ankle monitors) is a step in the right direction. Question is, why do taxpayers pay for people to sit in jail awaiting trial but not for them to be monitored, especially if it is apparently 1/10th of the cost?

This has been going on in New Mexico for over 15 years. EVERYONE who was bonding out of jail no matter what the charges you're put on pretrial probation... you haven't even been found guilty of anything yet. Normal probation is less restrictive its absolute nuts.

Having been incarcerated for almost 13 years, this beats physical incarceration any day of the week!!

There is a company that has a device that looks like a smart watch, less intrusive, less stigma, same cost to monitor. The ankle monitor is basically the Scarlett letter of the modern day

Why'd that politician ankle monitor salesman smirk like that when he said we would have a chip? Creepy vibes

This megalomaniac is disgusting. "We have peoples lives in our hands." That sentence is haunting and he better pray he is not on the receiving end of that statement in criminal or medical situation and he will probably expect sympathy he doesn't have.

So they haven't been convicted yet of any crime AND can't work AND have to pay for this device? Make it make sense. It was creepy how the executive director at that ankle monitoring company was smiling so casually when he mentioned putting chips in people. These devices aren't causing any corrective changes to behavior. There is no rehabilitation, but wait wait wait there has been no conviction.

The oversight of these private monitoring companies seems to be the main issue. Keeping non-violent offenders out of jail and still working and connected to their communities benefits everybody, so the technology makes sense. Just needs a clearer and fairer model- perhaps these companies could charge the state directly, and the offenders pay a scaled portion of the cost back to the state depending on their assets/earnings.

That old man was the definition of “don’t hate the player hate the game”

If I'm in that situation, put a monitor on my ankle and send me home. I'll be damned if I'd rather sit in county and deal with my case. I sat for 7 months just to be found not guilty and had to restart with nothing. These folks have it better than they realize. Lock me in the house, I'll make an OnlyFans and shake my narrow ass for a dollar here n there before I sit in the county again...😂😂😂

Seems like a genuinely good alternative to sending people to sit in jail for a minor offense. There are clearly some problems within the system that need to be worked out like limiting the price these companies can charge, and allowing the court cases to play out before charging them anything for the monitor. Like 3G said he’d rather pay to be out of jail and making money for his family then sitting in a jail cell doing nothing for the entirety of his sentence.

I think it's better than being in jail, but it's basically probation before conviction and sentencing which is terrible since it paves the way for violations before you've even been put on probation or parole.

The main reason for this is severe overcrowding in prisons.

Mass incarceration is a booming business in the US unfortunately. Crime pays like they say.

Seems like the issue is not house arrest itself (I’d way rather be on house arrest than in prison because I can’t make bail) but the long waits for trial to even receive a sentence. These devices are also wickedly expensive and if the time served on house arrest isn’t transferred to the sentence, well now you really are guilty until proven innocent and on top of that serving extra time.

It’s better than sitting in jail not being able to see or raise your baby. There should be funds that people who are found not guilty get back. Or living costs should be included in the program. Or people found not guilty should get a certain amount of $ back from the $400/ month. You got to be able to live for f*cks sake. How are these people supposed to buy food, pay bills etc.

isn't the other option to go into a jail until trial?

everything is slowly becoming guilty until proven innocent

Wow I understand wanting to pay to stay home with your family I think this is perfect for non violent offenders, but the prices are crazy for poor people. My hope is that there is more regulations over this and a standardized price.

This is the kind of thing I like from vice, gritty serious things that affect people lives that aren't being spoken about.

We need to see MORE of this! Good ol' fashioned journalism at it's finest!

Wow I have witnessed alot through life and alot of learning what evil looks like. The Man at the 5 min mark REALLY gives me a horrible bad feeling. Like pure evil..

What about her right to a fair and speedy trial? The injustice system continues.

Giving birth in the house because your under house arrest is CRAZY.

For the people who can read or hear, all of these folks haven’t been convicted yet!

Business guy was the only honest dude the whole video 😂😂

That man is just a monster who sees his opportunity to make millions and gives zero care about the suffering he will cause

when you plead guilty to burglary, property destruction and violent threats... I don't have a whole lot of sympathy for their plight. Vice should find someone who is falsely accused if they want people to care.

That evil dude had the nerve to say to help people!

DID HE JUST SAY WAIT TIL THEY HAVE CHIPS?!? 😳😳😳😤😤😤

That guy in the blue suit is talking out of both sides of his mouth. Also, I am sure that he is able to be gung-ho about chips being installed in one’s body because he doesn’t ever think that will be his fate.

This ankle monitoring system seems like heaven compared to sitting in jail (pre-trial or otherwise), and for that reason there's easy buy-in. And that's really messed up. There's less incentive for the justice system to operate more efficiently and effectively if the cost is no longer on taxpayers. Furthermore, there's something to be said to having taxpayers foot the bill, since incarceration should not be an 'Individual' problem. Communities should have a stake in the rehabilitation and well-being of their members who are imprisoned.

And yet they let murderers and rapists out. All day long. I feel bad for this lady I don't even know what's going on, but her situation is just horrible

i REALLY like that the business guy is honest about what he does. so many people try to hide that they are a scumbag but he just owns it and i find that refreshing.

Bar some companies clearly charging excessive fees due to the lack of oversight I don't see much issue. It is definitely a much better alternative in many cases then jailing people.

People are saying in the comments that this is better than jail. What is also better is to have a good and fast justice system that is not corrupted by companies interests. They are being punished while waiting for trial. This is a shame.

its really disheartening to see all the people in the comments talking about how the price should be adjusted when there shouldn't be a price in the first place. It shouldn't be privatized either.

Better to be at home with the possible support of whānau/family than being locked up in gaol on remand, I must agree. But the state/s should be running this, and paying for it, and def not a private company profiting off of it. What really creeps me out is when they are bracleted *and* they also have to have cameras installed *in* their homes. This is Orwellian.

I have one on right now. Its ridiculously expensive. If you can't pay the hundreds of dollars upfront for the ankle bracelet, plus monthly fees it counts as violating. Then you get arrested with an extra charge

Correct me if I'm wrong - but if you have someone ankle monitored, you don't need to confine them as well. Like if they go to the corner store, and all of a sudden that corner store is calling the cops we all know what happened. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't be able to go to the corner store. And b4 someone says something about murder or whatever I'm not talking about murderers. If you're on trial for murder you're not under house arrest.

I had ankle monitors on both ankles for awhile. It was next level😂

I’d rather do time at home than in an overcrowded county jail. Just my opinion

I have the fix for mass incarceration! Don't do crime! And if wearing an ankle tag is so bad, one can consider themselves lucky they can do that rather then get locked up.

what im hearing is, inmates pay for their incarceration, which will further incentive law enforcement to incarcerate, possibly leading to a further rash of mass incarceration, especially now that police won't have to think about putting any type of burden on the state. Also I don't see putting microchips in people to track them going over very well.

1:30 "Highly unregulated, PRIVATELY RUN system.." in other words profiteers. Therefore the system needs you to be guilty, and will make that happen (even if your innocent) because they're literally making millions off accused people, not convicted criminals.

3G seems like a good dude caught up in a bad situation. I hope he finds a good path in life

Sitting at your home with a newborn is better then sitting in jail with out your baby.

My cousin has went from house arrest, to incarcerated in jail to being on house arrest awaiting a trial that keeps getting extended. It has been almost two years. Time wasted that after he is found innocent will have wasted 2 years of his life

Acting like criminals are the biggest victims in our society is absurd. Clearly they should be treated fairly, but there are countless details left out of this video that should be here. Like, what is the degree of crime that constitutes house arrest? What percentage of the time are they guilty? Seems like the house arrest is an effective solution to the high incarceration rate. While the obvious answer is, don’t commit crimes.

there's a very easy way to avoid the ankle bracelet. i rocked one for about 6 months after i got out of prison for selling weed. stop treating criminals like they're victims. the only things they are victims of are their own stupid behavior

This man understands that this is a better deal all around. He can work and be with his family. Its probably saving his life and keeping him present with his children! This man understands!

States spent an average of $45,771 per prisoner in 2020, the cost of tuition at Harvard per academic year.

When did 'innocent until proven guilty' go out the window in Western jurisprudence..?

Other than the fluctuating prices, it really seems like a good idea. As long as they allow them to have a job and doesn’t cost more than $100-$300 (depending on the state) a month then I don’t see a problem with the system.

y’all should listen to a court proceeding and understand why SOME people get Electronic Monitoring.

FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT OUT LOUD! In America, you are GUILTY until PROVEN INNOCENT

Lol my homie was straight trapping on house arrest. Honestly it’s a better solution than jail for most. Being on house arrest without conviction is crazy though.

Please cover the riots in France; one of the biggest current news stories in the world.

There's a huge difference between being convicted of a crime Vs being detained awaiting a trial. No one is being convicted ahead of a trial.

This is wild. Prohibiting fees before trial should be the norm.

I would love to see Donald wearing an ankle bracelet and being monitored while he awaits his trialS and him having to pay for it.

This is a fantastic idea for some, and should be extended to those convicted and soon to be released. Setting people up with a job and getting them on their feet, before they're released should seriously help the recidivism rate.

Alot of officials and politicians need to be on this too..... they commit crimes daily in America and grave injustices.

So let me get this straight they were complaining people were sitting in jail and couldn’t afford bail now they are complaining that they are on Electronic monitoring? But aren’t these the same people that suggested that this should be the alternative? I mean what do y’all want people running around without any type of monitoring at all after being accused of crimes. But then when you let them out and they commit other crimes we’ll be asking why they out of jail in the first place.

This needs more air time

I thought u guys went bankrupt

I thought that I was the only one noticing an increase in the folks I see wearing those monitors. Don't do the crime; if you can't do the time! Hate to be them! 💯

4:23 guy really struggled to find a way to phrase what they're doing in terms of "helping people"

"do you think this is sort of like a case of a hidden kind of mass incarceration where people aren't necessarily within prisons but they are being monitored, they have to pay for it themselves, and there's an entire industry of private companies making a ton of cash on?" what an open and non-directional question. great interviewing vice.

So she burnt somebody’s house down and now she’s complaining that she’s in her own homestretch should be in prison

I had an alcohol monitor on for having no metabolized alcohol (when they sent it to the labs in came back as that) it cost me $600 for a month and a half. I didn’t drink and it was proved, but because it happened 3 times, I had to pay for it. I feel they did that on purpose honestly, courts are so corrupt.

When he said I just happen to be in the business "to help people" and looks away knowing damn well he's a liar. I mean yea it's better than jail but you shouldn't be in jail or on house arrest until proven guilty

Better than being in jail and away from your kids.

Are we really advocating for GUILTY criminals now? In reality the first woman acted like a plumb fool and doesn’t like the inconvenience of punishment. 🙄 Home detention should be regulated and paid for by those on house arrest.

Great subject. But showcasing someone who pleaded guilty to burglary and destruction of property doesn't make it sound as unjust as you're trying to portray it.

You know something funny? When i stopped breaking the law and cleaned my life up i stopped having to worry about being incarcerated.

So is Vice opposed to monitoring those on bail on all instances? If a stalker, violates his bail conditions and is seen outside the victims house should that stalker go to jail?

feel like capping it at like 200-250 a month would be reasonable and for non violent criminals this is the way we should be doing things not locking them up leaving them no way to keep making money or supporting their families

You can apply for absences, you could exercise, get a routine together to keep you busy. It’s better than actually being in prison.

If you can't do the time, don't do the crime. 💯💯💯

So what are folks really upset about? Is it that folks are being allowed to remain out of custody on an ankle monitor or are folks denying the underlying criminal act that caused those folks to wind up on a monitor?

Lol Krishna was trying that guy to crack into victimhood. Big props to the construction guy. He was real

On pretrial currently in Maricopa County AZ. Been in and out of the system since 15. Im 30 now and the biggest trend now is judges not releasing without bond (O.R) And putting people on pre trial instead now. My lawyer told me its because of all the kickbacks they get from the ankle monitors

Slavery never ended, it evolved...

Why are they saying they cannot work ? As someone who was convicted and placed on an ankle monitor it was a stipulation that i had to be employed and if i was not i would breaking the contract… i would rather be placed on an ankle monitor 10x over then being locked up. You get to work a normal paying job and your still out getting to see family and enjoying the comfort of your own home.. if is pre-trial, depending on your crime and if you are a flight risk then they would place you on an ankle monitor.

Would you rather be at home with your family or would you rather be locked up stuck inside having to look at 4 walls and worry about how your not going to get beat to death or taken by someone bigger than you

this is baiting, the only person he interviewed that spent time in jail said he would prefere EM than jail .

That's not helping anyone. That's taking away people's freedom. What happened to innocent until proven guilty? 🤔

How do you incarcerate someone that hasn’t been convicted of a crime 🤔

So no one find that it disturbing that that Director has the actual app/information on his freaking cellphone??? That's creepy. Why can't that be on a laptop or a pc where people only acces them when needed. So he just sip cofee everyday while stalking these people???

I'm just a minute in on this video but all I can say is being on house arrest is much better than sitting in a dirty jail with crazy, weird and violent people, where you can't trust nobody. This sounds like the best alternative to me, whether you waiting on trail or have been sentenced.

I was stopped from comletating my last semester of college getting my Mechanical Engineering degree in 2018 (that I still have not been able to finsh) by being jailed for over a year for a crime I did not commit on charges that were eventually dropped due to a lack of evidence. They county holding me was paid over $30,000 by the state for the time I was held and I was released with ruined credit and no way to