A Sober Day can be defined as a 24-hour period in which a monitored individual has no confirmed consumption of alcohol and no confirmed attempt to tamper or circumvent testing in order to mask the consumption of alcohol. To be a true Sober Day, an offender must:
Today, programs and technologies are proliferating allowing courts and treatment providers to cost-effectively require and enforce more than sober moments. They’re enforcing Sober Days.
Despite the importance of sobriety in the justice system, the difficulties of keeping tabs on alcohol-involved offenders means there are a wide variety of definitions for sobriety. While treatment professionals emphasize the importance of complete abstinence, the realities of long-term testing often means that offenders are tested randomly, periodically, or not at all, with the hope that the chance they might get caught is enough of a deterrent to drinking. Unfortunately, some offenders are willing to take that chance.
99.5% of SCRAM CAM monitored days by
SCRAM Systems of Illinois are Sober Days.
