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The strikers' supporters say California's programme does too little to avoid or limit the confinement sentences.

George was to begin serving the home confinement sentence immediately, Sacco said, and the mansion seizure will be halted during the appeal process.

Another man who had allegedly placed a homemade bomb was acquitted a month later of the most serious charge, terrorism, and given a home confinement sentence.

A hunger strike by California prisoners has entered its fourth day, with 29,000 inmates protesting against lengthy solitary confinement sentences at the state's high-security prisons.

But it said: "Per the terms of the pre-trial agreement, the convening authority disapproved any adjudged confinement and therefore Staff Sergeant Wuterich will not serve any of the confinement sentence."

The development of GPS, which allows law enforcement agencies to know the exact location of the offender by the use of satellites, has increased the effectiveness of offenders serving home confinement sentences drastically.

In the past 18 months, Strawberry has served a 60-day suspension from baseball for testing positive for cocaine, served a six-month home confinement sentence for Federal income tax evasion and failed to make a $300,000 payment to his former wife, Lisa, for child and spousal support by an agreed-upon deadline.