: confinement often under guard to one's house or quarters instead of in prison
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Matthiessen contextualizes their demands within the history of colonial violence, and persuasively argues for the release of Peltier, who spent nearly fifty years behind bars before his sentence was commuted to house arrest by President Joe Biden, this past January.—Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025 These days, her time is spent on house arrest split between her parents' homes.—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025 Jennifer Powers was released on an $850,000 bond and has been ordered to remain on house arrest while wearing an ankle monitor, according to court documents.—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025 Reichel offered to surrender Hernandez Santana’s passport and have his client placed on house arrest and under GPS monitoring.—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for house arrest
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