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Chicken skin won’t do it

Offenders have tried a lot of things to beat booze-detecting ankle monitors. Few work.

Lindsay Lohan

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Lindsay Lohan sits in court before receiving her new accessory.

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Wednesday, June 2, 2010 | 12:42 p.m.

The Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor—aka SCRAM—is an unfortunate accessory, a bulky, black plastic device worn around the ankle like a chainless shackle. Last week, Lindsay Lohan was ordered to wear the SCRAM anklet, which automatically samples your sweat for alcohol every 30 minutes.

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SCRAM Systems

Standalone House Arrest System
While less than half of U.S. households have a landline telephone, over 75% have Internet service. That’s why SCRAM’s House Arrest technology, available since 2010 in our SCRAM CAM device and now available as a standalone system, is optimized to work with multiple options:

Home Internet service through Ethernet or Wi-Fi
Standard or digital phone lines
DSL
Vonage®
Cellular