State Ex Rel. MacEmon v. McReynolds

The primary issue in this case is whether the Department of Corrections may require an inmate eligible for mandatory release to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet as a condition of parole. We conclude that the department may place such a restriction on a mandatory release parolee.

Robert Macemon claims that the department is unlawfully detaining him beyond his scheduled mandatory release date. The department issued an order to hold Macemon in custody because he refused to wear a monitoring bracelet and refused to participate in postconfinement sex offender treatment. Although Macemon…