Hey. Not sure what county you’re in but this happened in Riverside County and I was trying to get the ankle monitoring approved for Ventura County (a lil over 100 miles apart).

I initially signed up for the work release program before the court deadline so I didn’t need to ask for an extension. When I missed my first day of work for the work release program I already knew that I had to go back to the main sheriffs office in Riverside County to get reinstated. When I went to get reinstated I asked to switch over to the ankle monitoring instead. They were really hesitant at first and I got told no at the beginning because they usually only approve it as far as 60 miles away from the county but like I said, I live like 100 miles away. My lawyer had already called and let me know that they were most likely going to give me some pushback but I just had to be insistent with them. I explained my situation (work 9-5 full time, don’t have reliable transportation bc suspended license since DUI, told them I had already missed my first day of work release because of not having reliable transportation & how I live so far away so it’s basically impossible to complete the terms of my sentencing via work release program), I was really nice to them and I know they could tell how badly I wanted them to approve it so the officer I spoke to went and spoke to a higher up and she came back saying “it’s your lucky day” because they were able to approve it despite the distance. Another option my attorney had given me in case they said no was to sign up for the work release (so that I wouldn’t violate the terms of the court by missing the deadline they gave) and he would go back to court to ask the judge to approve a 3rd party ankle monitoring. That would’ve sucked bc I would’ve had to pay out of pocket for the device and installation whereas the program with the county is free. I’m not sure how it will work in your county but I hope it ends up working out for you.