LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville Metro Department of Corrections has gotten more than 150 vital monitoring devices. The touchless technology oversees someone’s heart and respiratory rates.

The department installed 153 devices in single cells. LMDC Chief Jerry Collins said this project has been a year in the making and is a game-changer for single cells, as those are often the most challenging to observe. It has been used in places such as nursing homes, he said.

“If someone's asleep, they have a heart attack," Collins said. "[If] someone attempts suicide, this allows us to immediately see their vitals go down or up, and our medical staff and our security staff are alerted immediately."

Collins said it's an easy system to use, with audible and visual signs that refresh every three se

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