How does the ankle bracelet work?
When an individual is required to serve time on house arrest they must wear an ankle bracelet. However, the ankle bracelet is not the only piece of equipment involved. The individual must allow the probation or house arrest vendor to install a monitoring device within the individual’s residence. Typically, these electronic home monitoring devices are integrated with the residence telephone line. House arrest commitments can require the defendant to remain at home at all hours of the day or the defendant might be allowed to attend work while on house arrest. The monitoring device is programmed with the defendant’s schedule. When the defendant is supposed to be home the device will search for the ankle bracelet. The monitoring device then reports if the defendant is present or absent to a central location through the telephone line.
