Home Detention Program Approved For El Mirage

El Mirage City Council unanimously approved a home detention program for DUI offenders. This program could save the town thousand of dollars in incarceration costs. Under the home detention program, a vendor would be selected within 30 to 60 days and only those able to pay for the electronic-monitoring ankle bracelets would be able to avoid jail time.

The program could be used for "super extreme" DUI offenders and for second offense DUI offenders. State law requires lengthy jail sentences for these offenses. A super extreme DUI with a blood alcohol content over a 0.20 percent or greater carries a 45 day sentence. A second conviction on an extreme DUI for a blood alcohol content of 0.15 percent or greater carries a 120 to 180 day sentence.

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