; and (3) the Department’s Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties shall monitor all facilities that are being used to hold detainees for more than 72 hours. The monitoring will include an evaluation of whether there is compliance with the requirements of the Department’s Detention Operations Manual. (b) Secure alternatives to detention program (1) Nature of the program For purposes of this section, the secure alternatives to detention referred to in subsection (a) is a program under which eligible aliens are released to the custody of suitable individual or organizational sponsors who will supervise them, use appropriate safeguards to prevent them from absconding, and ensure that they make required appearances. (2) Program development The program shall be developed in accordance with the following guidelines: (A) The Secretary shall design the program in consultation with nongovernmental organizations and academic experts in both the immigration and the criminal justice fields. Consideration should be given to methods that have proven successful in appearance assistance programs, such as the appearance assistance program developed by the Vera Institute and the Department of Homeland Security’s Intensive Supervision Appearance Program. (B) The program shall utilize a continuum of alternatives based on the alien’s need for supervision, including placement of the alien with an individual or organizational sponsor, a supervised group home, or in a supervised, non-penal community setting that has guards stationed along its perimeter. (C) The Secretary shall enter into contracts with nongovernmental organizations and individuals to implement the secure alternatives to detention program. (c) Eligibility and operations (1) Selection of participants The Secretary shall select aliens to participate in the program from designated groups specified in paragraph (4) if the Secretary determines that such aliens are not flight risks or dangers to the community. (2) Voluntary participation An alien’s participation in the