1- SCRAM Bracelets (Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor) are very popular with stars dealing with drug & alcohol problems like Lindsay Lohan and Andy Dick.
2- These bracelets monitor the alcohol level in the bloodstream by testing the skin perspiration every half hour.
3- The electronic monitoring device was invented by a group of Harvard scientists in the 1960s.
4- The team was lead by twin brothers R. Kirkland & Robert Schwitzgebel.
5- The black button on an electronic bracelet is used to test the monitoring system to ensure it’s working properly.
6- The first house arrest sentence that made use of the electronic bracelet was in 1983.
7- Electronic monitoring bracelets cost around $1500.
8- In 2007, approximately 130,000 people sported some type of electronic monitoring device.
