AB Kiosks From Minnesota-Based Precision Kiosk Technologies Are Reducing Probation Officer Workloads in Indiana
Summary
To launch the program, the Marion Superior Court Probation Department installed AB Kiosks in government facilities in Lawrence, Wayne, and Warren Townships, and at the County Courthouse in Indianapolis. Those four AB Kiosks will serve clients who are considered to be at a low risk to re-offend – approximately 20% of all those currently ordered by Marion County courts to probation supervision. The goal is to enable the County’s 247 probation officers to focus on clients who are in need of regular, direct supervision. “We believe that a single probation officer cannot effectively monitor 120 clients, and yet that is the situation that we have in Marion County. The company’s AB Kiosk reduces the administrative burden of alcohol screening and other court-mandated programs, including probation check-ins, cashless bail, Huber work release, and pre- and post-trial services.