Page 34 - Feb Mar 2018 PDF 2 12 18 22_Neat

American Correctional System

F
O
R

G
E

R
Y

D
E

C
E
Photo Courtesy of google.com
immediately return to their House arrest and elec- an electronic monitoring P

proper institution (Atkin- tronic monitoring pro- device such as an ankle T
son, 2016). grams are known to be bracelet or other electronic I

more sever in nature due technology that assists O
Weekend sentencing pro- to the programs rules. In probation officer in track- N
grams allow an offender house arrest programs, ing an offender’s location

to only spend certain offenders ordered legally if they leave their homes L
days, typically weekends, by the courts to remain in (Atkinson, 2016). I

in prison. The rest of the their place of residence E
week they are able to live for the duration of his/her Community Service S
at home and work as nor- sentence. Offenders on

mal (Atkinson, 2016). house arrest are allowed Community service al-
With this type of sentenc- to leave their homes for low offenders to avoid jail

ing, usually the judge will certain reasons that con- completing community
decide if he/she deems an sist of but not limited to service events (Atkinson,
offender “worthy” based medical, employment, and 2016). Community service

on the type of job or re- approved treatment pro- requires the offender to
sponsibility that would be grams (OJJDP.gov, 2014, work without pay for the

believe to make a tradi- p. 1). community, and is usu-
tional jail sentence hard to ally supervised by either
serve. House arrest may also be probation officer or other

arranged with electronic certified personnel. Each
Electronic Monitoring supervision. This supervi- county will have different

House Arrest sion includes the use of programs available, main-

34