Inside Louisiana’s ‘wild west’ ankle monitor system: A brutal murder, no standards or oversight
By James Finn & Lea Skene | The Advocate | July 30, 2022 Long before the murder-suicide, Van Hopkins had been warned. His own business partner accused him of running his ankle-monitoring business in a way that risked “failing to actually supervise people.” Hopkins, at least a decade into his career, was familiar with the…