LynkEye Electronic Monitoring

Smarter, faster, more humane monitoring.

LynkEye replaces the bulky ankle bracelet and the in-person installation visit with a sleek wrist or ankle device, a pre-paired phone, and a self-serve activation flow that a facility officer can complete in minutes — no specialist callout, no weekend release delays, and a fraction of the monthly cost of legacy GPS monitoring.

~$345/day Federal custody cost

$800/mo Traditional ankle GPS

Minutes Time to activate LynkEye

Electronic Monitoring, Reimagined

The Cost of Delay

Every day in custody is a day on the public ledger.

Today's GPS monitoring requires a technician to attend in person to fit a strap and activate the device. On weekends, holidays, or in remote regions that visit can take 24–72 hours — and the inmate stays in custody until it happens.

Federal custody

~$345

Average daily cost per inmate in Canadian federal custody (Office of the Correctional Investigator / CSC).

2-day release delay

~$690

Avoidable cost when a single release waits one extra weekend for a tech callout.

100 delayed releases / yr

~$69,000

Annual cost burden a single facility carries from preventable activation delays.

Sources: Office of the Correctional Investigator annual reports; Statistics Canada adult correctional services data. Provincial daily costs typically range $200–$300.

How It Works

From storeroom to street in minutes.

Each LynkEye package is a tightly inventoried kit containing the patented CO-EYE bracelet and a pre-configured Pixel handset. A facility officer issues the kit, attaches the device, and the system handles the rest.

Issue the kit

Officer assigns a sealed package from on-site inventory to a specific individual being released or placed on temporary leave.

Attach the device

The lightweight CO-EYE bracelet fastens to the wrist or ankle. Slim profile, jewelry-grade finish, no specialist tooling required.

Phone auto-pairs

Powering on the Pixel triggers automatic Bluetooth pairing with the bracelet. The handset then locks to the LynkEye app and cannot be unpaired without the agency passcode.

Facial enrollment

The wearer logs in with issued credentials and the camera captures three reference photos. A 3–5 second liveness video is recorded as a secondary verification asset and stored on the secure server.

Zones & home mapping

Permissible and restricted zones are uploaded or drawn on the supervisor portal. The surety or parole officer visits the residence to map the interior using local Wi-Fi signatures, allowing the device to confirm the wearer is genuinely inside the home, not just nearby.

Live monitoring begins

GPS, Bluetooth proximity, scheduled facial check-ins, and Wi-Fi presence stream into the supervisor portal in real time. Alerts fire on the wearer's phone the moment a boundary is approached or crossed.

Capabilities

Built for compliance, designed for dignity.

Smart geofencing

Permissible and restricted polygons drawn on satellite imagery. Approach warnings, breach alarms, and re-entry confirmations all handled on-device.

Bluetooth proximity

The phone listens for the bracelet's BLE beacon and emits subtle audio cues as the wearer drifts away — encouraging them to keep the handset close without raising public attention.

Facial check-in + liveness

Scheduled check-ins use facial recognition against the enrollment baseline plus a short liveness video, defeating photo-spoofing attempts.

Wi-Fi home fingerprint

The home interior is mapped using the wearer's existing Wi-Fi network footprint, so the system can distinguish "inside the residence" from "in the driveway".

Offline-capable

Zones, schedules, and alert logic are cached on the device. Monitoring and alerts continue through cellular and Wi-Fi outages; telemetry uploads automatically resume when connectivity returns.

Compliance scoring

An integrated points engine rewards on-time check-ins, charged batteries, and zone compliance — and penalises misses. The wearer's score directly shapes the tone of their alerts.

Compliance Scoring

Behaviour shapes the experience.

LynkEye's compliance engine treats monitoring as a relationship, not a punishment. Points are earned for the everyday acts of being a responsible participant in the program — and the system's tone of voice softens or hardens to match.

Earn Points

Complete a scheduled facial check-in on time.
Keep the handset battery above 30%.
Stay inside permissible zones for the full window.
Maintain Bluetooth proximity to the bracelet.
Acknowledge and respond to in-app prompts.

Lose Points

Miss or fail a scheduled check-in.
Allow battery to fall below the warning threshold.
Stray outside a permissible zone.
Drift out of Bluetooth range from the device.
Enter or approach a restricted zone.

High compliance
Friendly, conversational reminders — indistinguishable from any everyday phone.

Mid compliance
Direct, instructional prompts that escalate urgency without alarming bystanders.

Low compliance
Firm, unmistakable alerts the wearer cannot ignore — and the supervisor sees in real time.

Cost Comparison

A fraction of the price, more of the picture.

Traditional ankle GPS programs charge a recurring monthly rental that quickly outpaces the entire LynkEye hardware investment. After the first month of use, every subsequent month is operating savings.

	Legacy ankle GPS	LynkEye
Monthly cost per wearer	~$800 / month rental	Hardware ≈ one month of legacy rental, then minimal recurring cost
Time to activate	In-person tech visit (hours to days)	Minutes, by facility staff on site
Weekend / holiday releases	Often delayed pending technician availability	Same-day activation, any day of the week
Wearer experience	Bulky, visible, stigmatising	Sleek wrist or ankle device that reads as everyday wearable
Identity verification	Strap-tamper detection only	Facial check-in with liveness video
Network outage behaviour	Blind spot until reconnection	On-device alerting continues; data syncs on reconnect
Wearer engagement model	Punitive only	Compliance-scored, dignified, rehabilitation-aligned

Why LynkEye Is Different

Monitoring should support reintegration, not stand in its way.

A traditional ankle bracelet is loud, visible, and unmistakably carceral. It tells every cashier, co-worker, and family member exactly what the wearer is. LynkEye is deliberately the opposite: a sleek device that reads as a piece of jewelry, paired to a phone that behaves like any other phone — until the wearer chooses to behave otherwise.

We believe compliance is more durable when it is invited rather than imposed. By treating wearers as participants in their own monitoring, LynkEye returns dignity to the process and creates the conditions for rehabilitation to actually take hold.