What to know about the electronic monitor a French court says Marine Le Pen must wear

PARIS (AP) — The electronic monitor that Marine Le Pen now must wear, even if she decides to run for the presidency, is a measure that’s common in France, in part to ease prison overcrowding.A Paris appeals court on Tuesday declared the far-right leader guilty of embezzlement and fined her 100,000 euros ($114,000). But it reduced her ban on elected office from five years to 45 months — two-thirds of which are suspended.The court said the one year is to be served under house arrest with an electronic monitor.

Here’s what to know about electronic monitors:France suffers from persistent prison overcrowding and worsening detention conditions, according to the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture. Monitors keep from adding to that problem.Under French law, electronic home detention requires a person to wear an electronic ankle monitor and prohibits them from leaving their home, or another designated location, except during the hours authorized by the judge.The designated location and the periods during which the person must remain there are determined by the court or by the judge responsible for the enforcement of sentences.

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