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Article: House Arrest Backed
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- February 8, 1988
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Electronic house arrest, undertaken on an experimental basis more
than 1 1/2 years ago in Fairfax County, has proved no cure for jail
crowding, but county Sheriff M. Wayne Huggins sees it as an effective
alternative to jail for some offenders.
The house arrest program, in which some people found guilty of
minor, nonviolent crimes are linked to electronic surveillance
equipment to ensure that they are confined to their homes, is
scheduled to expire in summer, but Huggins said he expects that it
will be extended. Sixty offenders have been confined under the
program, but only one is currently a participant.
A principal goal of the program, also used in Norfolk, is
relieving jail crowding. ...
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