What is Electronic Home Monitoring (EHM)?
Due in part to Washington’s harsh DUI laws, the jails have become unconscionably overcrowded. A partial solution to the dilemma that has been created by the Legislature’s desire to inflict serious penalties on DUI offenders has been the creation of an alternative to jail in the sense that most of us know it. Most of us would think of EHM as house arrest, and indeed that is exactly what it is. EHM allows an individual to continue working, or go to alcohol treatment, but in all respects curtails their freedom of movement.
