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Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
Prison? well it keeps them off the streets.
In Philly, a crack dealer was given house arrest, where he had to wear an anklet the would notify the authorities if he got to far from his telephone.
The cops found him selling crack in front of his house with the phone on a long extension cord sitting next to him. 
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That house arrest is a good idea, poorly implemented. First, the anklet should use GPS positioning rather than proximity to a moveable station. Second, there should be cameras involved... privacy is a right one loses when in prison, so why should house arrest be any different? Software could be developed to watch the camera feeds and the GPS data, and be able to detect suspicious activity. A human observer could then be alerted, and check the camera feed personally to watch for problems... there's the job for all of the out-of-work prison guards (those who don't switch to a career of stripping, anyway
*cough*).
I guess there'd need to be an escalataion system for people who commit crimes while under house arrest. Hmm.