How Long Can House Arrest Last? House arrest that is used as a method of pretrial confinement will only last until the conclusion of the trial. Following the trial, a house arrest sentence might last anywhere from two weeks to twelve months, depending on what crime the offender was convicted of at trial.

If you are serving a 20 year sentence and you dont get in any other trouble you will have to do 85% of that sentence in prison/jail which is roughly 17 years. And the remaining 3 years you would be on parole (Community Supervision) which is similar to probation.

What is Jail Credit? Jail credit, also known as “credit for time served” refers to time spent in jail while awaiting trial. In some instances, this time can be used to lower the amount of time someone must serve in prison or jail once they have received a jail or prison sentence.

Examples of crimes that could warrant house arrest include WHITE-COLLAR CRIMES such as FRAUD or EMBEZZLEMENT. This type of sentence can be a cost-effective way of punishing criminals who pose no threat to others and thus do not need to be imprisoned at the state’s expense.

Drug and alcohol use is not permitted during house arrest, even if the underlying crime did not involve substance abuse, and testing frequency can be increased when issues of abuse do exist.

Anyone on house arrest has an appointed parole or probation officer who monitors and supervises the activities of the person on house arrest. Often they would be lenient with allotted travel time allowed to and from work so they can do routine tasks such as grocery shopping, etc.

Good time credits is an incentive system that could allow you to serve less of a jail sentence as a reward for good behavior. So, if your jail sentence is 120 days, conceivably, you may only have to spend 60 days in jail because of good time credits. With house arrest, there is no good time credit.

Being on house arrest also means you don’t get to talk to a lot of people. While we can Zoom with friends, some people on house arrest are not allowed to use computers or talk to former associates. And although technology might be tracking us anyway, you should still be glad you’re not really under house arrest.

Home detention has several advantages. It can allow defendants to continue in paid work, remain in their accommodation and maintain family relationships. It is also less costly to supervise than jail and has high compliance rates.

Home detention allows an offender to seek or maintain employment, complete a sentence of community work if imposed, access programmes to address their offending and maintain their family relationships. Offenders can be sentenced to home detention from 14 days to one year.

A home detention order is offered as a substitute to a custodial sentence for eligible offenders who have been found guilty of an offence for which the most appropriate sentence is a term in prison.