Harford County Detention Center offers medically monitored wristbands for inmates, officials say
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Lieutenant Christopher Charles Rosette and HSA Jackie Leto described a wristband program at the Harford County Detention Center that monitors pulse, skin temperature and blood oxygen, reporting nearly 200 participants and three critical alerts where staff intervened.
Lieutenant Christopher Charles Rosette said the Harford County Detention Center offers medically monitored wristbands to detainees at intake to help staff respond in real time to medical emergencies. "This program allows us as officers to respond in real time to any medical emergencies that an inmate may have," Rosette said.
Jackie Leto, health services administrator at the detention center, demonstrated the device and described how data flow works. "It looks like a large Apple watch," Leto said, and the wristband maintains close contact with the skin and relays data through sensors across the facility to a web portal accessible to deputies and medical staff. Staff can monitor pulse, skin temperature and blood-oxygen levels and run historical reports.
Rosette said the program has enrolled nearly 200 participants and that staff have responded to three critical-alert incidents where the wristband alarms prompted immediate medical assistance. "Earlier interventions lead to better patient outcomes," Leto said. Rosette also stated the office believes it is the only agency in the state of Maryland using this specific wristband program and hopes it could serve as a model.
Officials said the wristbands are offered upon entrance to the detention center and are intended to improve detainee health monitoring; they did not provide cost, vendor-contract or broader deployment details.
