home confinement; eligibility; electronic monitoring.
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Overview
This bill establishes a Home Confinement program for eligible inmates in Arizona. Inmates with at least one year remaining on their sentence who meet specific criteria, including a history of non-violent offenses and no recent violent disciplinary infractions, may be eligible. The program will involve electronic monitoring and require applicants to demonstrate gainful employment or education. The department must notify victims of the offense and consider their feedback before approving applications, and a report on the program's effectiveness will be required annually.
Key provisions
- Establishes a Home Confinement program for inmates with at least one year remaining on their sentence.
- Eligibility criteria include specific offense types, proximity to release, lack of prior violent offenses, and no prior home confinement participation.
- Requires electronic monitoring through wearable technology with mobile biometric authentication.
- Victims of the offense have the opportunity to provide feedback on inmate applications.
- The department must report annually to the Governor and legislative committees on program effectiveness.
- An inmate can be revoked from the program and returned to custody for technical violations or new felony offenses.
- A maximum ratio of one supervising officer for every fifty supervisees is established.
- Inmates who forfeit their tentative release date due to returning to custody for technical violations will remain in custody.
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