Policy Text
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Work Release-HDP
Eligibility Criteria for Home De tention and Pre-Trial Release S upervision
Programs
The purpose of this Order is to e stablish the elig ibility crite ria for applicants seeking to
serve their court-ordered commitm ent on the Home Detention Prog ram.
I. Eligibility Criteria
A. General Criteria
1. Home Detention and Pre-Trial Release Supervision Program
applicants should be low to high risk offenders who have not be en
restricted from program partici pation by the court. Home Deten tion
applicants should have been sentenc ed to serve two (2) years or
less in a Sacramento County cust ody facility. Pre-Trial Releas e
Supervision applicants should be facing non-violent, non-sexual , or
non-serious criminal charges in Sacramento County. The Home
Detention Supervisor will review and accept all applicants on a
case by case basis.
2. The applicant must be a willi ng participant. Employment his tory
and willingness to compl y with work requirem ents are key elemen ts
of the program. Although unemploym ent is not, in itself, a rea son
for denial.
3. All applicants must be either a Sacramento County resident o r live
in the greater Sacramento area. The Home Detention Unit will
confirm the applicant’s physica l address. Applicants should
possess a land line telephone.
B. Discrimination is Prohibited
1. Discrimination on the basis of gender, marital status, race, color,
religion, age, national origin, o r sexual orientation is prohib ited.
C. Applicant Classification
1. The applicant should be employ ed or capable of being employe d,
be a student, or should have a dis abling medical condition.
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Work Release-HDP 2. Schools and places of emplo yment should be located in the gr eater
Sacramento area and within a reasonable distance to the
applicant’s residence.
3. The Home Detention Unit will confirm an applicant’s employme nt
and/or enrollment in school. It is the applicant’s responsibil ity to
ensure their proper work supervi sors and/or staff has been noti fied
of their potential law enforcem ent supervision requirements.
D. Minimum Sentence Length
1. A minimum sentence length o f 45 days is desired. However, t he
Home Detention Supervisor will c onsider applicants with less th an a
45-day sentence on a case by case basis.
E. Participant’s Whereabouts
1. The nature of the Home Detent ion and Supervised Pre-Trial
Programs, as a legal status, requi res that the program particip ant’s
whereabouts are reasonably known at all times.
F. Participant’s Transportation
1. The participant must have suit able transportation as they wi ll be
required to report to the Home Det ention office weekly. Method s of
suitable transportation can includ e; a private vehicle as long as the
driver is licensed, insured, and possesses a valid vehicle
registration, public transit, or bicycling. a. The participant shall be prepared to present an
individualized transportation sc hedule to the Home Detention
staff upon request.
G. Maturity
1. The participant must possess sufficient maturity and a capac ity for
self-control to enable him/her to comply with the conditions of the
program.
II. Application Denial Criteria
A. General Criteria
1. Applicants with a conviction of sex crimes against minors, f elony
sexual crimes, arson, manufactu re of illegal drugs, acts of vio lence
against police or emergency pers onnel, crime(s) of great violen ce,
a stalking or domestic violen ce crime, will be reviewed by the Home
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Work Release-HDP Detention Supervisor for approval or denial, on a case by case
basis.
2. Applicants with c harges pending (in any C ounty) that, if con victed,
would make the person ineligible, are not eligible for the Home
Detention or Pre-Trial Rel ease Supervision Programs.
3. Applicants who cannot cooperat e due to personal histories
indicating patterns of mental dysfunction, habitual social
misconduct, addiction, flight, and/ or violence may not be elig ible for
the program.
4. Past convictions, failures to appear in court, probation and parole
violations, and in custody behavio ral history may be used to de ny
program participation.
B. Exceptions
1. The Home Detention Supervisor may make an exception to these
rules when circumstances clearly warrant such an action. Any exceptions will be handled on an individua l basis. The Work
Release Facility Commander or des ignee will be advised of any
exception.
C. Removal by S entencing Judge
1. When the sentencing Judge has s pecifically authorized that t he
applicant may apply for the Home D etention or Pre-Trial Release
Supervision Programs, the Judge may, at a later time, revoke th at
approval, and order that partici pant removed from the program a nd
returned to custody.
D. Other Criteria fo r Program Denial
1. The applicant/participant has any pending criminal charges ( except
minor traffic