Home detention – You are required to remain at an approved residence under electronic monitoring with strict limitations on when you can be away from the residence, and close supervision by a probation officer. Sentences can be for a period of 14 days to 12 months.
Jail – if you have been held in custody before trial that time will be taken into account and taken off your sentence. You’ll be released from jail when you get parole or when your sentence ends (“time served”).
Parole means you are released from jail early following a Parole Board hearing without serving your full sentence. You have to follow the Board’s conditions for the remaining time of your sentence and be supervised by a probation officer