Sunday, December 27, 2009

A Prison In One's Home

If you are exceptionally wealthy, charged with a crime, and considered a flight risk, bail is no longer the only alternative. There are now companies who specialize in setting up security and guaranteeing the court that the individual will abide by all conditions of release within their own homes. These conditions can include not being allowed to open a window or go out on the balcony, no visitors who are not on an approved list, no Internet, ad infinitum.

Although one would assume that being confined within one's own home would be everyone's first choice, some find institutionalized is more appealing and less confining. Surprising but true.

This article provides some insight into what is involved when an outside company is your "jailer."

Taking away an individual's freedom causes mental anguish no matter how pleasant the surroundings. 

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