No, a SCRAM monitor does not track your whereabouts. The monitor hat allows authorities to pinpoint your movements is a Global positioning system transmitter.
SCRAM monitors are ankle bracelets that measure a person's blood alcohol level through the perspiration in their skin. SCRAM stands for "Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor.
When you wear the monitor, any time you ingest alcohol it will register on the monitor. Readings are taken every half hour and recorded. During the period you are required to wear the monitor, you will have to have a modem attached to your home phone. At specified times, you will be required to allow the monitor to transmit the alcohol readings through the modem to the agency responsible for your supervision.
SCRAM monitors may be ordered by the Court as a condition of bond for those charged with repeat driving under the influence offenses or as an alternative to a jail sentence or condition of probation. Sometimes it is ordered as a follow-up to a treatment program.
Answered on Nov 11th, 2005 at 12:10 AM