At the time of conviction, interested parties (court, prosecutor, defense attorney, the defendant or relative/friend) may petition the court for the defendant to be considered for home detention/electronic monitoring.  Defendants who get accepted into the program, generally do not have to go through the booking process and are not taken into custody.

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Offenders with a history of violence, drug sales or manufacture, or sex crimes are generally excluded from program participation. However, defendants convicted of excluded charges will be assessed for Electronic Monitoring if requested by the court.

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The Court is making the referral.  

 

The Court will instruct the offender to contact EM Staff by next business day to complete an application.  The application is completed during the initial phone call.  EM staff will then verify information and complete a risk assessment.  The result is an assessment report which will be communicated back to the Court.  

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Once the Court has ordered the defendant on EM, the Court's conditions of the Electronic Monitoring are documented in the Court Ordered Monitoring Conditions form of which the defendant gets a copy.  

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The defendant is instructed to contact CorrectiveSolutions (phone number on the Monitoring Conditions form) within 24 hours.  Note: if the defendant has been ordered on EM and given the Court Ordered Monitoring Conditions form prior to an assessment by PTS, the defendant must contact PTS and complete the application process including the assessment prior to contacting CorrectiveSolutions.  

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Once appropriate electronic monitoring equipment has been fitted at one of CorrectiveSolutions' offices and the defendant has been enrolled, CorrectiveSolutions will notify the Court and EM staff.

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