The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is considering using wearable technology in an effort to prevent inmate deaths. This follows reports of multiple overdoses.
The devices would help measure health by tracking inmates’ body temperature and pulse.
MCSO Deputy Chief Brandon Smith says the wearable devices would be placed on “high-risk vulnerable inmates” when they come in.
“This is some technology we've been looking at for about the past year and a half, two years to assist with overdoses that occur in the jails and inmate deaths," he said.
MCSO officials still have a ways to go before implementing the change. That involves going through a county procurement process, obtaining requests for proposals and reviewing choices for potential vendors for the devices.
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