e investigated immediately.
             "Electronically monitored house arrest is a sanction with sufficient punitive elements (restriction of liberty and autonomy) to be an acceptable alternative to imprisonment"(Schulz, 1995: pg. 27). Therefore, the offender is not allowed to come and go from their home as they please. Nonetheless, they are permitted time to leave their home through the approval of their probation officer or supervision coordinator. Some examples of things that offenders are permitted to leave their home for include such things as: obtain medical care; attend work or school; attend community based counseling or treatment programs; obtain groceries; attend religious/spiritual events and attend parental obligations (Pamphlet: Government of Saskatchewan Department of Justice Corrections Division). Thus, the offender meets with their probation officer or supervision coordinator weekly to set up a schedule as to when they are permitted to leave their home and for what reasons.
             In spite of this, it is important to note
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