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Approve yearly update to the application, criteria and disqualifiers recommended by the Probation Department for the Supervised Home Confinement Program, as mandated by Penal Code §1203.016(d)(1).
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve yearly update to the application, criteria and disqualifiers recommended by the Probation Department for the Supervised Home Confinement Program, as mandated by Penal Code §1203.016(d)(1).
SUMMARY:
The Monterey County Probation Department administers the Supervised Home Confinement (SHC) Program, which operates as a house arrest module to reduce the sentenced inmate population at the County Jail.
DISCUSSION:
The Supervised Home Confinement Program provides a tight and safe level of custodial supervision to low risk non-violent offenders, who are monitored through the use of computer technology in their own home in lieu of confinement in the County correctional facility. This program allows probationers to remain employed and attend rehabilitative programs and authorized activities while reducing the taxpayers’ burden from high costs associated with incarceration. Applicants are charged a fee, based on their ability to pay, to participate in the program.
The Probation Department developed a set of criteria for admission and disqualifiers used to assess participants’ suitability while ensuring that the safety of the community is not compromised.
Penal Code Section 1203.016 (d) (1) requires that the rules and regulations and administrative policy of the SHC Program be reviewed and approved on an annual basis by the county’s Board of Supervisors and the Chief Probation Officer, as correctional administrator. The 2013 update of SHC criteria does not add any substantial change to the existing criteria.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
The application has been approved by County Counsel as to compliance with legal requirements.
FINANCING:
There is no cost associated with the recommend...
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