Electronic Monitoring

Electronic Monitoring helps to enforce offender compliance. The goal of Electronic Monitoring is to:

Restrict offender to his/her residence at all times except for deviations permitted by the special conditions imposed on the offender.
Provide an additional supervision tool that addresses public safety, punishment and correctional objectives
Operate as a supplementary sanction which is, by nature of the program, restrictive to the offender.
Reduce the jail population by monitoring offenders in their homes.
All costs associated with Electronic Monitoring are paid by the offender.

The Wayne County Common Pleas Court constantly evaluates trends and shifts in adjudicated populations and develops specialized programming to best meet these trends. One methods of responding to these trends is through the development and administration of the following specialized program: