Community reparation boards intervene postconviction, after a case has been sentenced by a traditional court.

Work release is a program in which offenders who reside in a facility (a community facility, jail, or prison) are released into the community only to work or attend education classes, or both.

Most states mandate the use of GPS for drug offenders.

House arrest is an intermediate sanction designed to confine pretrial detainees or convicted offenders to their homes during the hours when they are not at work, attending a treatment program, or visiting a supervising officer.

An offender on probation for an offense related to his compulsive gambling habit would most likely have a casino included as an exclusion zone.

House arrest for pretrial defendants is required, and they cannot refuse to participate.

Offenders on house arrest are unlikely to be revoked for technical violations.

Community service is an example of a restorative justice program.

Evaluations of RCCFs suggest that after five years, over half of the participants completed the program successfully and stayed out of trouble.

Most house arrest programs throughout the United States today are coupled with some form of electronic monitoring.