Hello, my name is Chris Morales. I’m a criminal defense attorney in San Francisco, California. I’m a board certified specialist in criminal law and today I want to talk about alternatives to the county jail. If you are sentenced to the county jail for a misdemeanor or a felony by the judge there are some options your attorney can advocate for you to – if you have a drug or alcohol problems to do your time in a residential treatment program instead of a county jail. If you have a really good reason you can ask the judge to sentence you to home confinement-electronic
monitoring. That is when an ankle bracelet is put around your ankle and you cannot leave your home, you have to stay there and you are basically serving your jail sentence inside of your home. There is also work furlough, if you have a full-time job and if the county has this program, not all counties have work furlough but some do. You can sleep in the jail and they will release you in the morning to go to your job and you can work full-time and keep your job and still do your work sentence. The downside to working furlough is that your boss has to know about this.
So the boss has to sign off saying it’s OK. There are three alternatives to serving a county jail sentence that your attorney can talk to you about and I can certainly talk to you about, please give me a call at (415) 552-1215. Visit us at our website sfcriminallawspecialist.com and follow us on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
Three Alternatives to County Jail
Criminal Defense Attorney – Christopher Morales
Practice Area: The San Francisco Bay Area, California
Call us today for a free consultation (415) 552-1215 (Se Habla Español)
Website: www.sfcriminallawspecialist.com
