BI Inc.

BI Inc., the nation's largest provider of technology, treatment and inmate re-entry services for community-based corrections, was selected by the Colorado Department of Corrections and the Colorado Judicial Branch Division of Probation Services to provide electronic monitoring equipment and services for community-based offender supervision. The five-year contract for electronic monitoring equipment and related services is valued at $9.3 million. Under the agreement, BI will supply 1,600 BI 9000 electronic monitoring units and the option to use other products from BI's continuum. The BI 9000 electronic monitoring system detects the presence or absence of an offender at a specified location. Colorado officials estimate the electronic monitoring program will save taxpayers millions of dollars annually as offenders are diverted from costly halfway houses, jails or prisons. BI will also provide 24/7 monitoring services. These services include monitoring the individuals from BI's national monitoring center and updating offender schedules, alerting law enforcement to violations of schedules, and installing and removing equipment from participants. The new agreement began July 1 and also calls for BI to extend service to rural mountain communities, including Steamboat Springs, Durango and Alamosa. BI has a 15-year working relationship with the Colorado DOC. For more information, contact Monica Hook at [phone]; [e-mail].