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SuperCom Starts Electronic Monitoring of COVID-19 Released Prisoners in the United States
Additional potential industry demand for electronic monitoring services coming from the incarcerated American population NEW YORK, April 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/
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[{"type":"text","content":"Additional potential industry demand for electronic monitoring services coming from the incarcerated American population\n\n\nNEW YORK, April 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- SuperCom Ltd. (NASDAQ: SPCB) (\"SuperCom\"), a global provider of secure solutions for the e-Government, Public Safety, HealthCare, and Finance sectors, announced today that it has begun electronic monitoring of prisoners released from a United States of America correctional facility due to COVID-19. This facility and various others in the U.S. have requested assistance in managing prisoner releases as part of their COVID-19 mitigation strategy. LCA, a SuperCom subsidiary, will provide full case management and electronic monitoring services for these releasees during the release period. \nReports indicate prisons and jails throughout the world have been implementing urgent measures to minimize the impact of COVID-19 among their staff and prison populations[1]. In some cases, specific prisoner populations such as those more vulnerable to COVID-19 are temporarily or permanently released. Modern electronic monitoring technology, such as the Pure Security Suite provided by SuperCom, offers government agencies and correctional facilities the option to move prisoners outside physical walled facilities to a residential-based virtual incarceration. This is sometimes referred to as \"house arrest\" or \"electronic monitoring\". Prisons and jails present unique challenges to following general COVID-19 mitigation guidance[2]. Social distancing and sanitization efforts are not easily accomplished due to the inherent nature of incarceration models practiced around the globe, and house arrest and electronic monitoring can be helpful tools as part of these COVID-19 mitigation efforts.\nReports show there are currently an estimated 2.3 million incarcerated Americans[3], with over 550,000 of them not yet convicted or sentenced and an estimated 450,000 of them considered \"non-violent drug offenders.\" \n\"Estimates show there are over 10 million incarcerated people around the world, some of whom have not yet been sentenced or are non-violent offenders, but who unfortunately have a limited ability to follow the necessary guidelines to protect themselves from the Coronavirus. With electronic monitoring technology and services, we can help governments help some of these people,\" comm...