2. By the end of 2005, Michigan population consisted of
49,377 inmates. In the year 2010, Michigan’s prison
population consisted of 44,113 inmates. Meaning that
Michigan’s inmate population decreased by 5,264 within
5 years. (Heyns, 2010)

4. But even though it has decreased, incapacitation is still costing American’s
tons of dollars. Having to house a significant number of inmates who are
rapidly committing crimes is quite expensive. This is exactly why Michigan’s
correctional facilities budget is steadily increasing.
According to the Michigan Department of Corrections 2010 annual budget
for Michigan correctional facilities, Michigan’s budget in 2000 was
approximately $1.2 billion. The average annual cost for one prisoner from
any security levels in 2010 was 33, 822. Within a decade Michigan’s budget

6. • Alternative incapacitation is a way to
decrease budget that is steadily rising, and
help our country save millions of dollars.
• House arrest is an effective alternative to
incapacitation.
• In this paper I defined and examined in
depth the benefits and problems of house
arrest, and explained the impacts house
arrest had on recidivism and crime rates.

7. •“House arrest is a sentence
imposed by the court in
which offenders are legally
ordered to remain confined
in their own residences.”

8. • House arrest is an effective alternative to
incapacitation.
• Its now Starting to get more widely used!
• By the end of 2010, Michigan itself had
approximately 3,500 inmates on active GPS
monitoring, and about 2,500 inmates on other
electronic monitoring (Heyns, 2010).
• The recidivism rates and escapes rate are fairly low
• The average percentage of offenders who fails to
complete the program is about twenty-five percent, if
not less.

10. • House arrest can be cost-effective in the sense of
not looking at the technological start-up.
• House arrest will cut a good number of expenses
such as; the cost of housing per year per
inmate, and also reduce the need for expenses to
build new correctional facilities.
• Many of the house arrest programs order for the
offender to work. Which means that the offender
will continue to pay taxes, and sometimes may
even have to pay restitution, probation, and/or
supervision fees.
• Manufacturers also believe this will decrease
welfare expenses, because the offender will be

11. • Low percentage rate of recidivism.
• Helps with overcrowding; Many jurisdictions are
ordering correctional facilities to decrease their
inmate population to fix the problem of overcrowding.
• Not only that, but house arrest programs will allow the
offender to still be able to work, and cover any
expenses they have on their on instead of at the
expense of the government.

12. • Questions the safety of
society, and rather it is
safe for an convicted
felon to interact with the
public.
• But one thing that
society have to realize is
one day most of the