Alternatives to Jail for your Orange County DUI Arrest
Electronic Monitoring / House Arrest
Electronic Monitoring, also known as "house arrest," is a electronic monitoring device that keeps track of your activities throughout the day.
The device usually attaches to your ankle and is tamper proof. Some of the devices have an GPS active tracking tether which monitors where you go throughout the day, reporting any forbidden activity.
How can it help me in my Orange County DUI?
Sometimes, house arrest can be given in lieu of jail time for your Orange Cuonty DUI arrest. Thereby, instead of spending 30 days in jail, you spend 30 days under house arrest. Typically, the sentence only requires you be under house arrest for 8 hours a day, which will allow you to go to work.
Due to the increasing power of groups like MADD, Judges in Harbor Justice Center are increasingly reluctant to sentence individuals convicted of DUI to house arrest, but you must speak to an experienced Orange County DUI attorney as to the possibility of serving any sentence you may receive for your 2nd or 3rd DUI on a electronic monitoring device.
How big is the device?
The device is an small black or brown ankle bracelet, 4 inches by 3 inches in size accompanied with a band that fits around the ankle.
Can the people I work with see the device?
The device will fit discreetly beneath work trousers or suit slacks. If you wear shorts to work, the device will be noticeable.
How much does the device cost?
Typically there is a fitting fee of around $100 dollars followed by a per day rental fee that is set on a sliding income scale.
House arrest qualification is through the Orange County Probation Department
Watch out. Even if the judge allows you serve your jail sentence on House Arrest, if you fail to qualify though the county's probation department, you will be required to go to jail.
Qualification includes passing a drug test that screens for all illegal drugs, including marijuana, regardless if you a have medial marijuana card and LEGALLY PRESCRIBED, but also commonly abused drugs such as Vicodin and OxyCotin.
Thereby, as soon as you've been arrested for DUI in Orange County, stop using all illegal and commonly abused drugs in order to test clean.
For more information about such Orange County DUI altneratnives to jail, call 877-727-2889 to speak to an experienced Orange County DUI attorney about your recent 2nd or 3rd Orange County DUI arrest.
