SAO PAULO – Brazil's mega-corruption scandal that has ensnared much of its political and economic elite has one sector of its struggling economy booming: the sale of electronic monitoring bracelets.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A new electronic monitoring service, used by the courts in the Chicago area as an alternative to staying behind bars, has some questioning if the high tech ankle bracelets go too far.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Quiana Lovett, an inmate at Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Ypsilanti, said she couldn’t believe Gov. Gretchen ...

NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans police went to arrest a man on a form of home incarceration at his house, but they didn't find the suspect, only his electronic monitoring bracelet. Video: Watch the Story In ...

Wearables are all the rage lately, tracking your life and making things easier, but now they’re on to something greater: charging your mobile devices. The sleek and shiny electronic bracelet, called ...

Last Friday, Puerto Rican nationalist leader Filiberto Ojeda Rios died after a shootout with FBI agents. In 1990, while awaiting trial for stealing millions from an armored-truck company, Ojeda ...

The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court met MP Anna Skorokhod's demands and canceled her obligation to wear an electronic bracelet because it prevents her from wearing winter boots.

The technological development has international recognition and has sparked interest for industrial production by a manufacturer in the medical sector. Based on the resonance location system (echo) ...

Electronic monitoring ankle bracelets are used across the country to keep track of repeat criminal offenders. Now, several schools are using GPS monitors to keep tabs on students who have a history of ...