Electronic Offender Monitoring Solutions 4th Edition

Electronic monitoring (EM) programmes were first introduced in the US in the early 1980s.Today, EM is an established alternative to detention across Europe and North America and insome Latin American and Oceanian countries. EM can be used in various stages of the criminaljustice system, including at pre-trial, at sentencing and following a period of incarceration. There are two dominant technologies used for electronic monitoring – Radio Frequency (RF) and GPS.RF technology was the first technology to be used, enabling agencies to remotely monitor ifoffenders sentenced to home curfew complied with the rules of the programme. RF-basedsystems are today the most common type of solution in most European countries. In the US,Australia and New Zealand in Oceania, and Brazil and other countries in Latin America, GPS-based solutions are more common.

A number of private companies are involved in the provisioning of EM, including developing,supplying and installing equipment, providing monitoring services as well as delivering othersupporting services. In North America, Latin America and in some European jurisdictions, privatesector companies are responsible for most parts of the EM programme. In the majority of theEuropean countries as well as in Australia and New Zealand, private companies mainly supplyequipment and software while public authorities are responsible for installation, field services,monitoring and enforcement. Leading providers of EM equipment and services include US-based BI Inc. (GEO Group), Allied Universal Electronic Monitoring, Sentinel Offender Services,SCRAM Systems, Securus Technologies, Shadowtrack, Corrisoft, Talitrix and Track Group; UK-based Buddi; Israel-based SuperCom; Poland-based Enigma (COMP Group); Switzerland-based Geosatis; and Brazil-based Spacecom, Synergye and UE Brasil Tecnologia.

The average daily caseload of monitored individuals in Europe, North America, Latin Americaand Oceania amounted to about 92,000, 564,000, 162,000 and 11,000 respectively during 2025.Berg Insight estimates that the number of daily users will grow to 130,000 in Europe, 700,000 inNorth America, 278,000 in Latin America and 16,000 in Oceania by 2030. The market value in2025 reached US$ 365 million in Europe, US$ 1.1 billion in North America, US$ 97 million in LatinAmerica and US$ 31 million in Oceania. The total market value in the four regions combined isforecasted to grow at a CAGR of 5.9 percent from US$ 1.6 billion in 2025 to US$ 2.2 billion in2030.