Children who end up caught in Chicago's policing and justice system are
being outfitted with ReliAlert XC3 GPS ankle-cuffs supplied by the Track
Group, who use them to log children's movements and to bark orders at
them, as well as listening in on them. The children have to wear them
24/7 while on bail awaiting trial.
The company claims that the recording function in the tracking anklets
generates a notification every time it is used, but its own technicians
have testified under oath
that the listening function can be covertly activated. Track Group
stores all recordings of its interactions with children indefinitely.
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