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| Denver Uses Home Detention to Ease Crowding at Jail |
| By Rocky Mountain News |
| Published: 07/01/2002 |
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Some Denver inmates on work release will be allowed to serve part of their sentences at home under a program intended to ease jail crowding. The effort began June 19 when Denver Undersheriff Fred Oliva allowed a work release prisoner convicted of drunken driving to serve the remainder of his sentence from home after finishing his day job. The inmate, sentenced to Denver County Jail on March 26 and scheduled for release July 12, will be monitored by an electronic device attached around the ankle. Oliva hopes as many as 40 prisoners can serve out sentences under similar arrangements. The county jail was built to hold 1,350 inmates; on June 19 it had 1,967. Last fall, voters turned down $325 million for a new jail. To be eligible for home detention, inmates must have served a minimum of half the time in jail. Deputies will screen candidates, evaluating the inmate's conduct and the residence where he or she will live. The transmitter on prisoners' ankles will alert deputies whenever they leave for work or return home. They will undergo other strict guidelines such as substance abuse treatment and other medical appointments. Deputies also will make unannounced visits to the inmates' homes. Inmates who violate the rules will be sent back to back to jail and their work release will end, Oliva said. |
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