(a) Except as provided in subsection (c), a prisoner of a county workhouse or jail who is released from custody on work release or otherwise allowed to leave the grounds of the county workhouse or jail for employment or to perform work in the community, whether the work is paid or unpaid, must use an electronic monitoring device at all times when the prisoner is not on the grounds of the county workhouse or jail.
(b) If the prisoner is released for paid employment, then the cost of the electronic monitoring device must be deducted from the prisoner's wages by the sheriff and paid directly to the electronic monitoring device provider by the county or state, as applicable. If a prisoner is released for unpaid work, then the entity utilizing the prisoner for work shall pay the costs of the electronic monitoring device.
(c) This section does not apply if:(1) The prisoner, at all times while not on the grounds of the county workhouse or jail:(A) Is supervised by an armed law enforcement or corrections officer; and(B) Remains in the direct eyesight of an armed law enforcement or corrections officer; or(2) The judge of the sentencing court and the sheriff of the county where the workhouse or jail is located approve in writing an exemption to allow the prisoner to be released from custody on work release or otherwise be allowed to leave the grounds of the county workhouse or jail for employment or to perform work in the community without an electronic monitoring device.
(1) The prisoner, at all times while not on the grounds of the county workhouse or jail:(A) Is supervised by an armed law enforcement or corrections officer; and(B) Remains in the direct eyesight of an armed law enforcement or corrections officer; or
(A) Is supervised by an armed law enforcement or corrections officer; and
(B) Remains in the direct eyesight of an armed law enforcement or corrections officer; or
(2) The judge of the sentencing court and the sheriff of the county where the workhouse or jail is located approve in writing an exemption to allow the prisoner to be released from custody on work release or otherwise be allowed to leave the grounds of the county workhouse or jail for employment or to perform work in the community without an electronic monitoring device.