Wanted to see if anyone had any experience with someone coming home to home confinement rather than going to a halfway house. Harvey is supposed to get 3 months and 2 weeks of halfway house time starting in September. My residence where he will be living is his "temporary" address of record. They have not come out to do an inspection yet. What is the likelyhood of him being given home confinement? We are trying to line up work for him
before he gets out. I'm hoping this would make the decision sway a bit more in our favor.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks
Ellen

The home confinement (level 5) component of CCC placement is normally limited to 50% of the total CCC term.

Does your level drop with the time served. So that you begin at a 17 and when would you qualify for home confinement at a level 5? The beginning sentence is 21 months.

The levels Howard is referring to are different than what I believe you are referring to. Once in a CCC, you start at a level 1 where you are restricted to the building, then you go to a level 2 where you can go out and look for a job and if my memory serves me well, a few other things. After you get a paycheck, you go to a level 3 which involves more liberty. A level 4 allows overnight passes at home for a day, then a weekend. When you reach a level 5, you go on home confinement. You were referring to Prison Security Classification, I believe.

Hubby just went to Home Confinement 1 month ago, He was never designated any kind of level. He had a job before he went in. I picked him up on a Friday. He started work the following Monday. Got a pass home the first Thursday night. Got an weekend pass the next weekend and was granted home confinement by the following Thursday. On 30 days of halfway house, he slept there 11 days, worked 9 of them.

The rules to come home to home confinement, according to his case manager are:

1. You must have a job.
2. All paperwork completed
3. Successful home visit (no laws/rules broken)
4. A successful weekend visit. (no laws/rules)
5. One paycheck/25% pd to halfway house.
6. Land line phone with no call waiting, caller id. (The CCC calls you SEVERAL times at home when you are not working to make sure you are home..yes even at 2 in the am.)
7. Exact schedule for the week must be turned in showing work, home and free time. You must fill this out exactly where you will be and there must be a phone for them to reach you whereever you go. You must call when you go somewhere and when you return.
These are the notes as I took them from here before he got there.

Egreenfield:

Below are the mandotory steps, called levels, which are 1-5, that MUST be complied with prior to home confinement. This was taken from the BOP Statement of Work, applicable to all CCCs. Here is the link, if you care to read the entire SOW. http://www.bop.gov/cpdpg/ccdccc.pdf

a. Community Corrections Component. The community corrections
component is the most restrictive. Except for employment,
program needs and community service ordered by the Court, an
offender is restricted to the CCC.
Passes, furloughs or other absences from the facility require
advance approval of the CCM. Recreational activities are
ordinarily provided in the facility. However, if in-house
recreation is not possible, then alternate recreation will be
made available in the community through limited and clearly
defined sign-out procedure.
Offenders normally remain in this component until they have
demonstrated the responsibility necessary to function in the
community. When an offender is appropriate for the pre-release
component and if the offender is not directed to remain in the
community corrections component by the Court or CCM, CCC staff
shall reassign the offenders to the pre-release component.
b. Pre-Release Component. The pre-release component is
designed to assist offenders making the transition from an
institution to the community or as a program resource while under
supervision. The contractor shall develop programs that increase
privileges, such as volunteer community service. It is generally
appropriate to require offenders to be employed before allowing
them to be absent from the CCC for social purposes. Offenders in
the pre-release component generally have more access to the
community and family members through weekend and evening passes
in accordance with the Authorized Absences section.
c. Home Confinement Component. The home confinement component
is authorized by the CCM according to an offender's needs (see
Home Confinement). The contractor shall make maximum use of this
component by referring all eligible and appropriate candidates to
the CCM for review. Eligible and appropriate candidates are
defined in the current version of BOP Program Statement, Home
Confinement.