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Daniel Matalon, CEO of A 2nd Chance Bail Bonds, and host Tug Cowart bring you Justice Unfiltered. Real conversations with real people from every side of the justice system.

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John Hays has personally tested GPS monitoring devices more than 50 times trying to find a way around them. His conclusion? If it's hard for the experts to beat, that's a good sign. But it's the people trying to outsmart alcohol monitors who have been the most creative — and the most wrong. Chicken skin. Bologna. You heard that right. And none of it works.

Justice Unfiltered with Daniel Matalon of A 2nd Chance Bail Bonds and Tug Cowart.

🎧 Full episode: https://www.thepodcastpark.com/justiceunfiltered/

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Wild Attempts to Beat Ankle Monitors – Shocking Hacks Experts Tried, and Why They Fail

16 hours ago

The continuous alcohol monitor strapped to your ankle takes a reading every 30 minutes — basically a breathalyzer for your leg. Some people look up ways to block it. They try slipping things between the device and their skin. Baloney strips. Chicken skin. Aluminum foil. John Hays has seen it all. And here's what every single one of those people failed to account for: A 2nd Chance Monitoring is constantly tracking. There is nothing new under the sun.

Justice Unfiltered with Daniel Matalon of A 2nd Chance Bail Bonds and Tug Cowart.

🎧 Full episode: https://www.thepodcastpark.com/justiceunfiltered/

#AlcoholMonitoring #SCRAM #AnkleMonitor #ElectronicMonitoring #justiceunfiltered

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The Crazy Tricks People Try to Beat Alcohol Monitors: Bologna. Chicken Skin. Foil.

16 hours ago

GPS ankle monitors don't guess where you are. They pull signals from 3 to 15 satellites, triangulate your exact position, and route that data through cell networks or Wi-Fi — all within about 15 to 20 feet of where you're actually standing. Sometimes within 3 or 4 feet. A 2nd Chance Monitoring captures one data point every minute. High-risk clients get that transmitted every minute. Everyone else, every 10. The technology is more precise than most people realize.

Justice Unfiltered with Daniel Matalon of A 2nd Chance Bail Bonds and Tug Cowart.

🎧 Full episode: https://www.thepodcastpark.com/justiceunfiltered/

#GPSMonitoring #AnkleMonitor #ElectronicMonitoring #CriminalJustice #JusticeUnfiltered

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How Accurate Is a GPS Ankle Monitor? Closer Than You Think.

17 hours ago

When the court order ends, most people can't wait to get the device off. But A 2nd Chance Monitoring has had dozens of clients ask if they can keep wearing their alcohol tether after the case is closed. Because for some of them, it's the first time in 50 years they've been sober. Their kids are back in their lives. They're working again. The accountability didn't feel like punishment. It felt like a lifeline.

Justice Unfiltered with Daniel Matalon of A 2nd Chance Bail Bonds and Tug Cowart.

🎧 Full episode: https://www.thepodcastpark.com/justiceunfiltered/

#ElectronicMonitoring #AlcoholMonitoring #SecondChances #CriminalJusticeReform #JusticeUnfiltered

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Clients Are Asking to Keep Their Alcohol Tethers. Here's Why That's a Big Deal.

17 hours ago

Lyndi Schmidt walked out of her interview at A 2nd Chance, called the recruiter, and said four words: "I want this job." The recruiter warned her it was a bail bond company. She said she didn't mind. Week one was 12 hours. Week two was 12 hours. Then 30. Then 40. Then it never stopped growing because she was good at it, and the need kept expanding. She shadowed Jesse Fellabaum, learned every part of the operation, and eventually built out the entire monitoring division from the ground up. That is what happens when you stop doing what is comfortable.

Justice Unfiltered with Daniel Matalon of A 2nd Chance Bail Bonds and Tug Cowart.

🎧 Full episode: https://www.thepodcastpark.com/justiceunfiltered/

#CareerGrowth #WomenInLeadership #SecondChances #JusticeUnfiltered #BailBonds

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She Came In for 12 Hours a Week. Eight Years Later She Runs the Show.

March 10, 2026 7:45 am

He had money, recognition, and a career most people only dream about. Then addiction took it all. He ended up in jail in Cobb County, and not one bonding company would help him. Jesse Fellabaum got a call from his mother. He called Daniel Matalon and didn't even finish the sentence before Daniel said: Help him. A 2nd Chance posted the bond. That man is now back on top, healthy, and thriving. Jesse believes they were his last option. They took the risk when nobody else would.

Justice Unfiltered with Daniel Matalon of A 2nd Chance Bail Bonds and Tug Cowart.

🎧 Full episode: https://www.thepodcastpark.com/justiceunfiltered/

#AddictionRecovery #SecondChances #BailBonds #JusticeUnfiltered #CriminalJusticeReform

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No Bonding Company Would Touch Him. A 2nd Chance Said Yes Anyway.

March 10, 2026 7:30 am

Two and a half hours into her dream job interview, Lyndi Schmidt already knew she didn't want it. She got the offer, got on I-285, hit a standstill for 45 minutes, and called her husband in tears. The next day she turned it down. The day after that she opened her laptop and applied for a 12-hour-a-week payroll job at a bail bonds company. She is now Director of Operations at A 2nd Chance Monitoring. Sometimes the wrong dream leads you straight to the right one.

Justice Unfiltered with Daniel Matalon of A 2nd Chance Bail Bonds and Tug Cowart.

🎧 Full episode: https://www.thepodcastpark.com/justiceunfiltered/

#CareerChange #SecondChances #WomenInLeadership #JusticeUnfiltered #BailBonds

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She Got Her Dream Job, Cried the Whole Way Home, and Never Showed Up

March 10, 2026 7:15 am

Electronic monitoring is not always a punishment. Sometimes it is the thing that keeps a family together. Lyndi Schmidt, Director of Operations at A 2nd Chance Monitoring, went before a judge and testified on behalf of a young mother facing serious criminal charges who was pregnant and scheduled to give birth in jail. The judge agreed to release her on a monitor. She got into drug classes, found a job, gave birth at home, and is now thriving. The judge counted her time on house arrest as time served.

Justice Unfiltered with Daniel Matalon of A 2nd Chance Bail Bonds and Tug Cowart.

🎧 Full episode: https://www.thepodcastpark.com/justiceunfiltered/

#ElectronicMonitoring #SecondChances #CriminalJusticeReform #JusticeUnfiltered #AnkleMonitor

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She Was Due to Give Birth in Jail. Electronic Monitoring Changed Everything.

March 10, 2026 7:01 am

Should an officer's life be put at risk over a decades-old traffic warrant? Cobb County Solicitor General Makia Metzger does not think so. Her office has been clearing bench warrant backlogs dating back to the 1990s because, at some point, you either pursue a case or you let it go. It is a resource question and a public safety question, because the most dangerous moment in any stop is the moment an officer pulls someone over.

Justice Unfiltered with Daniel Matalon of A 2nd Chance Bail Bonds and Tug Cowart.

🎧 Full episode: https://youtu.be/j9Whr3yzHDQ

#PublicSafety #BenchWarrants #CobbCounty #LawEnforcement #JusticeUnfiltered

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Why Cobb County Is Clearing Old Bench Warrants and Rethinking Low-Level Traffic Arrests

February 17, 2026 8:45 am

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