In justice and law, house arrest (also called home confinement, home detention, or electronic monitoring) is a measure by which a person is confined by the authorities to a certain residence. Travel is usually restricted, if allowed at all. House arrest is an alternative to prison time or juvenile-detention time.
While house arrest can be applied to criminal cases when prison does not seem an appropriate measure, the term is often applied to the use of house confinement as a measure of repression by authoritarian governments against political dissidents. In that case, typically, the person under house arrest does not have access to any means of communication. If electronic communication is allowed, conversations will most likely be monitored. With some electronic monitoring units, the conversations of prisoners can be directly monitored via the unit itself.
History
Judges have imposed sentences of home confinement, as an alternative to parole, as far back as the 1900s. Galileo was confined to his villa following his infamous trial in the 1600s. But it did not become a widespread alternative to imprisonment until electronic monitoring devices made it inexpensive and easy to manage. The first-ever court sentence of house arrest with an electronic bracelet was in 1983.
"House Arrest" is the twenty-fourth episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and is the eleventh of the show's second season. It was written by Terence Winter, directed by Tim Van Patten and originally aired on March 26, 2000.
... away from a large house party, police said ... Officers searched the area and spoke to several witnesses but made no arrests, although they said they found multiple houses and vehicles struck by gunfire.
More than 30 police officers made the arrests at a welcome talk held at the Westminster Meeting House at around 7.30pm on Thursday, March 27, according to YouthDemand... 'No one has been arrested in a Quaker meeting house in living memory,' he added.
More than 30 police officers made the arrests at a welcome talk held at the Westminster Meeting House at around 7.30pm on Thursday, March 27, according to YouthDemand... 'No-one has been arrested in a Quaker meeting house in living memory.
The UK Met police raided a Quaker meeting with Tasers on Saturday, arresting six women who were attending a gathering for the YouthDemand protest organisation ... "No one has been arrested in a Quaker meeting house in living memory".
Lawmakers are set to decide on amendments granting judges greater flexibility to impose non-custodial sentences, including house arrest, electronic tagging, or mandatory training programmes. The amendments are tied to Royal Decree No.
... residence, has been admitted to a hospital since her arrest for mental health reasons, has no prior criminal record and has not failed to appear in court as reasons why house arrest is not necessary.
(AP) — The alleged leader of the violent MS-13 street gang on the East Coast has been arrested in Virginia, U.S ... At the WhiteHouse, press secretary Karoline Leavitt, citing the arrest, called it "a good day for our country.".
The arrest report reveals that Opsincs allegedly waited an hour to call for assistance when her son showed signs of an overdose after ingesting meth at a hotel on Singer Island... As part of her bond, there was no mention of house arrest.
On Mar 25, seven journalists were arrested under charges of violating the Law no 2911 on Meetings and Demonstrations, a day after they were detained in house raids ... A warrant was later issued for his arrest.
The alleged leader of the violent MS-13 street gang on the East Coast has been arrested in Virginia, U.S ... At the WhiteHouse, press secretary Karoline Leavitt, citing the arrest, called it “a good day for our country.”.
VillatoroSantos was arrested in Dale City, suburban community half an hour outside of Washington, D.C early on Thursday, U.S ... At the WhiteHouse, press secretary Karoline Leavitt, citing the arrest, called it 'a good day for our country.'.
he is frequently reminded of the Pinochet case as he can see the very room the warrant for Pinochet’s arrest was signed by magistrate Nicholas Evans whose former home overlooks his house.