What Is the Legal Purpose of Ankle Bracelets?
The legal purpose of ankle bracelets and home confinement is to allow inmates to fulfill personal responsibilities while ensuring community safety and proper restriction so that the inmate can carry out his sentence.
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Function
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The electronic monitoring equipment ensures that the program participant remains in a specified location at all times. The transmitter worn on the ankle or the wrist has a range of 100 to 200 feet. When the individual surpasses an authorized range, an alert is sent to officials.
Effectiveness
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According to a study conducted in Palm Beach, Fla., for repeat DWI offenders, ankle bracelets are an effective alternative to incarceration. Eighty-five percent of program participants were successful.
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Benefits
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The cost of electronic monitoring bracelets is nearly one-third less than the cost of prison sentencing and reduces jail overcrowding. For those convicted of alcohol-related crimes, SCRAM devices monitor the alcohol consumption of the individual to ensure public safety.
Eligibility
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Inmates may be unable to participate in the program if their case is highly publicized and high-profile as their release would cause undue public concern, or if they have a history of escape, are unlikely to be employed or elicit public safety concerns.
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References
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