Method of monitoring an offender or defendant

A method of supervising an offender or defendant who has been arrested or incarcerated and then released, comprising the steps of:

• a) the offender or defendant paying to a first monitoring entity an enrollment fee so that the offender or defendant becomes an enrollee;
• b) wherein in step “a” the enrollee has a mobile device or land line device having a camera and that is able to receive messages and/or telephone calls from the first monitoring entity;
• c) the enrollee initiating a communication with a first monitoring entity using the land line or mobile device, wherein the first entity is optionally able to identify the enrollee by caller identification;
• d) wherein in step “c” the communication requires that the enrollee film himself or herself using the camera of his or her land line or mobile device;
• e) the monitoring entity selecting a method of identifying the enrollee by optionally using voice recognition or facial recognition;
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• f) the monitoring entity notifying a second entity that is a law enforcement entity if the enrollee does not answer the communication of step “c” or is not properly identified by the voice recognition or facial recognition of step “e”;
• g) after step “f” the second entity apprehending the enrollee;
• and
• h) wherein the fee of step “a” is shared by the first and second entities according to an agreed formula.

A method of supervising an offender or defendant who has been arrested or incarcerated and then released, comprising the steps of:

• a) the offender or defendant paying to a first monitoring entity an enrollment fee so that the offender or defendant becomes an enrollee;
• b) wherein in step “a” the enrollee has a mobile device or land line device having a camera and that is able to receive messages and/or telephone calls from the first monitoring entity;
• c) the enrollee receiving from the first monitoring entity a communication that is a drug test notification;
• d) wherein in step “c” the communication requires that the enrollee self identify and/or film himself or herself using the camera of his or her land line or mobile device;
• e) the monitoring entity selecting a method of identifying the enrollee by optionally using voice recognition or facial recognition;
• and
• f) the monitoring entity notifying a second entity that is a law enforcement entity if the enrollee does not answer the communication of step “c” or is not properly identified by the voice recognition or facial recognition of step “e”;
• g) after step “f” the second entity apprehending the enrollee;
• and
• h) wherein the fee of step “a” is shared by the first and second entities according to an agreed formula.