Who pays for SCRAM?
The SCRAM System, like most electronic monitoring programs used today, is delivered on an offender-pay model, so the offenders absorb either all or a significant portion of the cost for the equipment and daily monitoring fees. This model is an already-established process in the criminal justice system that eliminates reliance on temporary funding or year-to-year grant requests. Currently, approximately 90% of offenders on SCRAM are paying for all or a significant portion of SCRAM fees. The rest receive some sort of government funding to subsidize the daily cost.