Paris Under House Arrest: How It Works
After just three days of hard time in the clink, Paris Hilton was released and placed under house arrest ... or, palace arrest, as is more likely the case. While it's possible she'll be back in the orange jumpsuit before too long, we thought we'd take this opportunity to see just how house arrest anklets actually work.
Standard Anklet
As TMZ has learned, Paris's newest fashion accessory is a clunky anklet rigged with a radio transmitter that communicates with a receiver installed in her house. The receiver is programmed with a distance range that Paris must stay within, and it uses phone lines to report her status (home or not home) back to a central monitoring hub. If Paris thought she could fool everyone by strapping the anklet around the neck of her pet monkey, she's out of luck: These babies are tamper-proof.
GPS-Equipped Anklet
Instead of radio frequencies, anklets can use GPS. If Paris were latched to this model, her watchers would know, not only if she's within her boundaries, but also exactly where inside those boundaries she is at any moment, and where exactly she'd been in the past. Law enforcement agencies can use this system to program "hot zones" that offenders are not allowed in. Victims can be provided with pagers that automatically notify them if the offender has crossed a boundary. But, when it comes to Paris Hilton's offenses, aren't we all the victims?
Alcoholic's Anklet
Given the fact that this all stems from a drunk driving incident, we're surprised the judge didn't tie a SCRAM unit around Paris's ankle. A SCRAM (Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitoring) unit works like a standard anklet, only it's worn directly against the skin, where it reads the offender's blood alcohol level based on how much booze is mixed in with normal body sweat. Of course, that would require Paris actually break a sweat, which, as we all know, only happens under the warm green glow a night vision camera.
Information courtesy of HouseArrest.com, providers of house arrest equipment to law enforcement agencies.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
gladys1233 @ Jun 8th 2007 2:43PM
in jail would not eat,matron said"eat or we feed u throught ur veins" difference is rich and poor are not treated equal,and why should they? money talks,b.s walks.
Dot @ Jun 8th 2007 11:51PM
The judge was out of line and looking to make a name for himself. Neither YOUR nor I would have received three days, max, with community service had we been in the exact situation. I know this for fact...I work in L.A. Courts.
Sheriff Baca was within in rights to reassign the prisoner as he saw fit based upon his assessment of the situation and his jail facility. This judge is a control freak that needs to be removed from the bench. He's so totally dazzled by Hollywood that he's socking it to them HARDER than the average person would get. NOW....YOU TELL ME WHERE THAT'S FAIR???
gladys1233 @ Jun 17th 2007 12:12AM
when i was in jail, would not eat, was told if i did not eat they would feed me using i.v.tube, she got released,WHY?