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By admin, July 8, 2010 2:06 pm

Actress Lindsay Lohan reacts to her sentencing earlier this week.

Lindsay Lohan to Serve Jail Sentence

“All good things must come to an end.”  Lindsay Lohan has learned this the hard way.  A Los Angeles Superior Court judge found her guilty of violating her parole stemming from her brush with the law in 2007.  Lohan had been ordered to attend an alcohol treatment program after she plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of being under the influence of Cocaine and two counts of driving with a BAC of over .08.  Los Angeles County prosecutors had originally sought a month long jail sentence for Lohan, but Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel had other plans.  After Lohan gave a tear-filled apology to the court, Revel said she “found the apology insincere, similar to someone who cheats and thinks it isn’t cheating if she doesn’t get caught.”  (Associated Press)

Lohan was not detained following the sentence, but she must surrender to the court on July 20^th, 2010.  Lohan will not be ordered to wear her Scram Bracelet in the days before her surrender.  In 2007 Lohan served 84 minutes in Lynwood Jail, where she will serve this new sentence.

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By admin, June 28, 2010 12:55 pm

More and more alcohol-related offenders today may find themselves placed under a different kind of detention.  Alcohol Monitoring Systems invented the SCRAM bracelet to detect alcohol use through a persons sweat.  Essentially the ankle bracelet measures a person’s ethanol vapor through their sweat every 30 minutes; the data is then recorded in an online database, and then analyzed to tell if a person has been drinking.

  In recent news celebrities like Lindsay Lohan have been ordered to wear the bracelet.  AMS also offers a form of home detention that can keep DUI offenders off the streets at time considered to be prime hours for drunk driving, the hours between 12am and 3am.  Proponents of SCRAMx support that the bracelet will keep more and more people out of jail and allow them to contribute positively to society instead of over-populating jails and ballooning state taxes.  Because the offenders pay for the SCRAMx services themselves they are also saving tax payers money.

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By ArizonaDUI.com, March 10, 2010 11:24 am

The Arizona Legislature continues to crack down on DUI offenders, tightening the leash and enforcing harsher punishments. Despite law enforcement’s efforts to discourage drunk driving, there continues to be a constant number of cases.

So if harsher punishments aren’t decreasing the number of DUI incidents in Arizona, what might help? One device picking up steam is what is called a SCRAM bracelet. This Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor (SCRAM) is an 8-ounce bracelet made by Alcohol Monitoring Systems Inc. and is worn by offenders continuously, 24 hours a day, monitoring sweat through transdermal analysis.

The SCRAM bracelet measures alcohol using the same fuel cell technology used by most portable breath testing devices. The bracelet is able to work because alcohol is released through sweat and leaves the body unchanged because it’s not metabolized through the liver.

Later, the information collected by the bracelet is downloaded into a modem and maintained by management company, Intercept LLC.
The bracelet essentially measures the amount of ethanol in a person’s sweat.

This technology helps people stay sober and determines their compliance with court orders restricting them from alcohol use. Previously, blood alcohol or breath tests indicated alcohol use at that time, not in the hours before or after the test was completed. This device is tamper proof, as the management company is alerted if offenders try to remove the bracelet or place something around their skin to prevent it from taking any readings.

The device is not 100% accurate, but in the case of false positives, it is a quick process of determining whether offenders drank alcohol or their ankle was exposed to something such as hairspray, based on the rate of its metabolism.

The bracelet’s battery is good for about 90 days and an alert is made if the battery is getting low. SCRAM is paid for by the offenders, costing about $12 a day.

SCRAM bracelets have been an option for a few years, but haven’t been widely used just yet. They’re definitely a great option to continuously monitor alcohol intake.

This post was intended to provide general information only and is not intended as specific legal advice. You should not rely upon this information alone, but should consult legal counsel regarding the application of the laws and regulations discussed and as applied to your specific case or circumstance.