Overview
- Chief Judge Charles Beach released new data showing 3,048 people on ankle monitors and about 244 listed as AWOL.
- People are marked AWOL when they leave home without approval for three hours or more or when their ankle device loses power or signal.
- Beach unveiled an online dashboard and said the court will issue regular escape reports after tightening rules to a three-hour major-violation threshold with 24/7 judicial review.
- Court filings in the Alphonso Talley case show missed steps and slow notice to the judge after his monitor went dead, and some anonymous law-enforcement sources dispute claims that police are actively searching for EM escapees.
- State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke called the numbers alarming and pressed for stronger safeguards as the dashboard shows many participants face serious charges, while recent violent incidents have intensified scrutiny of the program.