| Along with our many other duties, members of the Hampshire County Sheriff's Office are responsible for monitoring individuals who are placed on Home Confinement as an alternative sentencing from serving time at the regional jail. As you may already know, since the WV Regional Jail System began operation, many counties are struggling to pay the daily fee of $48.50 per day per inmate. Since Sheriff Sions took office in January 2005 and was given the opportunity to hire an officer to conduct bailiff duty and to monitor the Home Confinement Program, the average number of persons placed on the home confinement went from less than 10, to a current average between 25 and 30 at any given time. This program saves the county taxpayers over $430,000.00 annually. Member of the Sheriff's Office take this program very seriously and we strictly enforce any reliable and confirmed violation that is reported to our office. The program is designed to offer an alternative sentence to non-violent offenders. The defendants may be hooked up on two different types of monitoring devices, depending on the order from the court. They can be placed on a machine that monitors only curfew violations or another machine that not only monitors curfew violations, but also requires the defendant to submit to a breath test several times a day. Through this breath test, the machine monitors for any illegal alcohol consumption and immediately reports such to our office. Defendants placed on home confinement are usually required to maintain employment and must abide by very strict curfew guidelines. Defendants are not permitted to consume any alcohol, be in establishments that serve alcohol, possess any firearms, shall not be in the company of any individuals who possess alcohol and/or illegal controlled substances. The defendant must also abide all state and federal laws and shall not associate with any person currently on probation. Members of the Sheriff Office frequently conduct random home visits and residential searches of individuals who are ordered to home confinement. Most defendants are required to pay a daily fee of $10.00 for the traditional monitoring and a daily fee of $12.00 for the breath test monitoring unit. Most of these defendants have driving related convictions. The money that is collected from the program is used to pay half of the Bailiff/Home Confinement Officer's salary and to purchase equipment to keep the program running. Two vehicles for the Sheriff's Office have also recently been purchased from the programs proceeds. CLICK HERE TO VIEW CURRENT HOME CONFINEMENT OFFENDERS |
Hampshire County Sheriff's Office
John P. Alkire, Sheriff
Home Confinement Program
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