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Treatment Courts: Cultivating Long-Term Change

Formerly known as DWI Court, the Brazoria County Recovery Court program focuses on supporting participants in overcoming addiction. Unlike traditional probation or incarceration, which often fail to address the root causes of addiction, Recovery Court provides personalized, one-on-one support tailored to each individual’s needs. Participants are guided through treatment and encouraged to remain in the program until they are committed to their recovery journey

Category: Alcohol Monitoring, Problem-Solving Courts
Product: SCRAM Continuous Alcohol Monitoring

Empowering 1 Million Clients on the Road to Sobriety

SCRAM Systems is excited to announce that we have achieved the milestone of monitoring 1 million clients with SCRAM Continuous Alcohol Monitoring® (SCRAM CAM®)! With the help of our Service Provider and agency customers in the United States, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, SCRAM CAM has supported over 1 million clients on their journey to long-term sobriety.

Category: Alcohol Monitoring, Company News
Product: SCRAM Continuous Alcohol Monitoring

20 Years of Making a Difference with SCRAM CAM®

After several years of research, prototypes, and beta testing, in 2003, the first SCRAM CAM unit was launched to the criminal justice market. Now 2023, SCRAM Systems is celebrating 20 years of SCRAM CAM. With the help of almost 200 Service Providers in all 50 states, we are helping clients abide by court orders for alcohol abstinence and supporting their journey to long-term sobriety.

Category: Alcohol Monitoring, Company News
Product: SCRAM Continuous Alcohol Monitoring

Client Voices: How a Service Provider’s Encouragement Led to Recovery

The road to recovery is often long and filled with detours, and for Danny, it took treatment and a few key people that believed in him to reach a sober life: SCRAM CAM®, a judge, and his SCRAM Systems Service Provider. All of these combined elements gave Danny the tools and encouragement he needed to make his way, one minute, hour, and day at a time without alcohol.

Category: Alcohol Monitoring
Product: SCRAM Continuous Alcohol Monitoring

Harness the Power of Data with SCRAM Optix™ Analytics

How can community corrections departments and supervision agencies be sure that their electronic monitoring programs are producing positive results? Without detailed data, officers may not be aware of their programs’ performance and may be making decisions “in the dark”. SCRAM Optix Analytics provides powerful reporting tools so community corrections officers can make insightful decisions to increase program efficiency and client success.

Category: Community Supervision
Product: SCRAM GPS, SCRAM Remote Breath, SCRAM Continuous Alcohol Monitoring, SCRAM House Arrest

Detecting Ingested Alcohol: TAC vs. BrAC

Common methods of testing a person’s level of ingested alcohol include Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) and Breath Alcohol Concentration (BrAC). But alcohol concentration can also be measured transdermally—meaning “through the skin”. The SCRAM Continuous Alcohol Monitoring® (SCRAM CAM®) bracelet is based on the science of transdermal testing and can measure the wearer’s Transdermal Alcohol Concentration (TAC) via perspiration.

Category: Alcohol Monitoring, Drunk & Impaired Driving
Product: SCRAM Continuous Alcohol Monitoring

The Case for Expanding Sobriety Tags to Pretrial, Bail, & Licence

Recently, the use of “sobriety tags”—or SCRAM Continuous Alcohol Monitoring® (SCRAM CAM®) devices—have launched across England and Wales to monitor individuals convicted of alcohol-related crimes. These individuals can be ordered to an Alcohol Abstinence Monitoring Requirement (AAMR), which is a sentencing power that requires the offender to wear a tag, and can be imposed as both a punitive and rehabilitative requirement.

Category: Community Supervision, International
Product: SCRAM Continuous Alcohol Monitoring

Alcohol Testing Technologies: SCRAM CAM® vs. EtG

Alcohol-involved clients need more than a one-size-fits all solution when it comes to supporting their sobriety. With so many different technologies available, it’s important that courts and agencies understand all the facts when determining which alcohol testing method to assign to each individual client. Read on to learn the differences between EtG testing and continuous alcohol monitoring technology.

Category: Drunk & Impaired Driving, Alcohol Monitoring
Product: SCRAM Continuous Alcohol Monitoring