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Alcohol monitoring and electronic monitoring for courts and community supervision - scramsystems.com

· 1 week ago

Buy only if you run a court, probation, or treatment program with a monitoring mandate — that's who this is built and contracted for. Individuals can't buy it; a judge orders it and defendants typically foot the daily bill.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~25 public sources; many review snippets truncated, and no public price list exists.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of useNo usability evidence in sources reviewed.
  • Feature depth
  • Support quality
  • Security postureSecurity page exists; no third-party audit evidence found.

Pricing

Not disclosed

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierNo

Best for

  • Courts and probation departments
  • Treatment and DUI courts
  • Community supervision agencies
  • Justice programs needing sobriety tags

Not for

  • Individuals — it's court-ordered, not purchasable
  • Voluntary self-monitorers — buy a consumer breathalyzer
  • Employers screening staff for drinking
  • Anyone without a justice-agency contract or court referral

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Defendants typically pay daily wear fees — confirm cost responsibility before any program decision.

high

False positives reported; monitoring methodology legally challenged.

medium

Pricing hidden behind GSA/NASPO contracts; no transparent rate card.

medium

Class-action litigation involving the anklet reported by legal news.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • 1M+ clients monitored with SCRAM CAM; two decades of court use
  • Available via GSA Schedule and NASPO ValuePoint cooperative contracts
  • Advertises 24/7 customer service and nationwide service-provider network
  • 6 billion+ alcohol readings back the CAM technology
  • Full monitoring suite: alcohol, GPS, breath, and home options

Cons

  • Berkeley Law paper challenges CAM evidence and false-positive methodology
  • Monitor costs fall heavily on defendants, per investigators
  • Reddit users report false positives from fruity drinks
  • Mixed employee reviews: 57% Glassdoor approval
  • No public pricing; buying requires government contracts

Sources & method

- 12 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x3review x4security x1news x4

Key stats

  • Value for money: 2/5

    Rating

  • Not disclosed

    Starting price

  • 12

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 2/5. Defendants report heavy costs; agency pricing opaque.
  • Ease of use. No usability evidence in sources reviewed.
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Full suite: alcohol, GPS, breath, home monitoring.
  • Support quality: 4/5. Advertises 24/7 support; nationwide provider network.
  • Security posture. Security page exists; no third-party audit evidence found.
  • 1M+ Clients monitored SCRAM CAM, as of Dec 2023
  • 20+ yrs SCRAM CAM age 20th anniversary celebrated June 2023
  • 221 Indeed reviews employee reviews
  • 57% Glassdoor approval employee reviews

Pricing

Free tier: No

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

chatter skews negative — users worry about false positives and heavy defendant costs, while employee reviews are mixed (57% Glassdoor approval).

“Scram Bracelet/false positives fruity drinks”
Reddit, r/dui (post title)
“Any Experiences with a SCRAM Anklet?”
Talking Sober forum (thread title)

Companies that use it

  • Cascade County (MT) Treatment Courts
  • UK compulsory sobriety tag programs
Full analysis

Based on ~25 public sources; many review snippets truncated, and no public price list exists.

Court-ordered alcohol ankle monitors, not software. Agencies procure it; defendants don't choose it, they pay daily fees.

Methodology

Based on ~25 public sources; many review snippets truncated, and no public price list exists.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. SCRAM Systems homepagescramsystems.com
    official
  2. SCRAM Systems: One Million Clients Monitored (press release)einnews.com
    news
  3. Challenging SCRAM Continuous Alcohol Monitor Evidence (Berkeley Law)law.berkeley.edu
    review
  4. SCRAM monitor comes at heavy cost for defendants (Injustice Watch)injusticewatch.org
    news
  5. Reddit r/dui: SCRAM bracelet false positivesreddit.com
    review
  6. Talking Sober: experiences with a SCRAM anklettalkingsober.com
    review
  7. Glassdoor: SCRAM Systems employee reviewsglassdoor.com
    review
  8. GSA Multiple Award Schedule (GS-07F-0003Y)gsaadvantage.gov
    official
  9. NASPO ValuePoint supplier profilenaspovaluepoint.org
    official
  10. ClassAction.org legal news: SCRAM Systemsclassaction.org
    news
  11. SCRAM Systems product security pagescramsystems.com
    security
  12. SCRAM Systems 20 years of SCRAM CAM (PR Newswire)prnewswire.com
    news

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