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Maybe This is Why Neal Doesn't Worry About His Radius?

Very interesting article in the New York Times today: AP Impact: Some Ankle Bracelets Go Unchecked (or you can download the PDF here).

Apparently, law enforcement is so overwhelmed that they can't keep up with checking on all monitoring unit alerts.

I don't mean to make light of the tragedies noted in the article, but just pointing out that maybe Neal treats his radius as a joke because he's learned that no one ever checks up on him,