An App to Turn an Ex-Con's Phone Into 'Little Brother'

“Catch and release and catch” is how Oregon’s chief federal judge describes the U.S. system of criminal justice.

Ann Aiken, on the bench for 16 years, grew tired of sentencing the same people again and again, sometimes for failing drug tests required under supervised release. A few “dirty UAs,” or bad urinalysis screens, and the offenders were right back in federal prison—costing taxpayers $29,000 a year.