SCRAM Program Benefits

We offer turn-key programs, where all installation, maintenance, monitoring and reporting are done by our staff, freeing your staff to more effectively manage their caseloads with the information provided by SCRAM. Our fully equipped monitoring centre can provide compliance reports and breach alerts directly to your enforcement staff or, if you already have a monitoring centre, we can either pass reports through to its staff or give them direct access to SCRAMnet, our on-line monitoring and reporting platform. Your agency does not need to buy or lease any equipment from us. We provide program design consultations at no charge. The only fees we charge for are installations and monitoring.

SCRAMx Programs provide the following benefits to courts and supervising agencies:

24/7 Alcohol Detection

  • Takes readings every half hour
  • Provides full data vs. a snapshot view
  • Conclusively distinguishes between ingested and environmental alcohol

Greater Accountability

  • Holds offenders continuously accountable for their actions
  • Makes it very difficult for offenders to drink alcohol or tamper with the device without getting caught
  • Increases the court’s ability to ensure compliance with sentencing terms and treatment requirements

Court Acceptance and Validation

  • Single source admissibility – no additional tests required
  • Viewed by judges as accurate, reliable, and generally accepted
  • Admissible in evidentiary hearings and court cases nationwide
  • Fully backed by AMS, which stands behind SCRAM in court

Flexible, Exception-based Reporting

  • Customized testing, synchronization, and reporting schedules
  • Exception-based reporting streamlines case management priorities
    • Lets courts and probation focus attention on offenders who need it most
  • Flags and graphically depicts:
    • Drinking events
    • Tamper or removal attempts
    • Equipment malfunctions

Evidence-based Assessment, Detection, and Deterrence

  • Helps gauge offender drinking patterns and evaluate addiction levels
  • Provides data to tailor individualized sanctions and treatment programs


Cost-effective, Automated Testing

  • Provides a low cost per test
  • Requires no labor after installation or appointments to administer tests
  • Shifts program costs away from the supervising entity, and redirects costs to the offender in the form of a manageable offender-pay/partial-pay model

Better Outcomes and Long-term Results

  • Results in a 45% reduction in recidivism when used on repeat DUI offenders
  • Supports better responses to treatment when combined with SCRAM
  • Lets offenders maintain family obligations, hold jobs, and contribute positively to the community

Effective Alternative to Incarceration

  • Remotely monitors offenders who are not a community threat when sober
  • Reduces jail/prison overcrowding while protecting public safety
  • Provides a bridge to help offenders safely re-enter the community
  • Saves a significant amount of money, as it is more economical than jail or prison