Nashville Experiments with Court Date Text Alerts

Government Technology: Getting some of the hardest-to-reach populations to show up for court appearances in Nashville, Tenn., isn’t so difficult after all. Just send them a text.

“Basically, what we’re seeing on our end is homeless people; they don’t have an address, but they’ve got a phone,” said Diana Brady, program director of Pretrial Services in Nashville. “And they’re actually showing up in court.”

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