The OverWatch device provides real-time biometric data to the Allegheny County Jail on medically vulnerable incarcerated people who agree to be monitored. (Courtesy of 4Sight Labs)
After two people incarcerated in an Alabama county jail died from a drug overdose a few years ago, leadership there sought a way to prevent such incidents.
While touring another Alabama facility, they discovered OverWatch, a wearable device that monitors heart rate, oxygen saturation levels, sleep, temperature, motion and stress levels…