NIGP 68071: Prisoner Tracking Devices, Electronic (Wrist and Leg Bands, etc.)

NIGP 68071 Prisoner Tracking Devices, Electronic (Wrist and Leg Bands, Etc.), Item, covers electronic monitoring equipment and related services procured by state and local criminal justice agencies to supervise defendants and offenders under court-ordered conditions. State and local governments buy GPS monitoring devices, wearable tracking bands, and integrated electronic monitoring systems—often bundled with fee collection, compliance reporting, and multi-offender management platforms—to support probation, pre-trial release, home detention, and domestic violence supervision. Issuing bodies span municipal courts, county governments, and police departments. Tucson City Court is soliciting probation monitoring and GPS monitoring services (RFP 270113, due October 28, 2026) to monitor an average of 600 defendants under supervised probation and 247 defendants annually under home detention; the scope includes monthly and daily monitoring fees, intake and discharge services, and system hosting with FedRAMP or StateRAMP Moderate certification or higher, U.S.-based infrastructure, encryption, and multi-factor authentication. Fulton County, Georgia seeks adult misdemeanor probation supervision services including electronic monitoring (RFP 26RFP1653831A-JWT, due October 6, 2026) across Superior, State, and Magistrate Courts, with staffing requirements, liability insurance mandates, and MBE/FBE participation targets of 16.83% and 3.41% respectively. Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department is soliciting an electronic monitoring system for pre-trial and post-conviction supervision of adult and juvenile offenders and high-risk domestic violence offenders with victim tracking (RFP 2692026221, due October 28, 2026).

Geographic activity centers on the Southeast and Southwest, with recent solicitations from Arizona (Tucson), Georgia (Fulton County), and North Carolina (Charlotte Mecklenburg). The code generates routine demand across municipal and county criminal justice systems; the most recent solicitations emphasize compliance infrastructure, data security certifications, and multi-year contract terms with renewal options. Fee-based revenue models predominate, with jurisdictions covering costs for indigent and partially indigent defendants and pricing indexed to offense type and monitoring intensity.