One of the owners of the Return to Nature Funeral Home will spend her time awaiting the forthcoming jury trial at home.

Carie Hallford was granted house arrest and a $10,000 conditional bond following an additional bond hearing held on Tuesday at a federal courthouse in Denver.

While the co-owner of the Penrose funeral home was expected to be placed in a halfway house while waiting for her local jury trial as a condition of her release, she will now be placed at home with court-ordered GPS tracking.

Hallford was already out of custody on a $100,000 bond in her state-level case that stemmed from the discovery of nearly 200 decomposing bodies in the funeral home in October. Hallford and her husband, Jon Hallford, face 260 criminal charges including “improper storage” of 189 bodies, abuse of a corpse, money laundering, forgery and theft.

The duo were struck with an additional 15 federal fraud charges, to which they pleaded not guilty last Thursday.

There is a shortage of bed space for women in Colorado community correction facilities, leading to Hallford’s new at-home release condition, Tim Neff, a federal prosecutor for the District of Colorado, told The Denver Gazette.

The bed space would not be available until around October, according to Magistrate Judge Scott Varholak. The judge was then faced with either keeping her detained in jail or allowing her to stay at home until the case concludes. 

During the arraignment and detention hearing on Thursday, Neff spent nearly an hour arguing to the court that neither Carie nor Jon Hallford should be given a bond due to the likelihood that they would attempt to flee.

The prosecutor also claimed that Jon Hallford’s involvement in the Return to Nature schemes — including the alleged misuse of federal small-business loan and wire fraud schemes against customers — was greater than his wife’s, and that he presented a greater flight risk than Carie Hallford.

Jon Hallford is also being investigated by Colorado Springs police for alleged sexual misconduct with his 17-year-old stepdaughter.

Varholak seemingly agreed with the sentiment, allowing Carie Hallford to be placed in a halfway home while Jon Hallford was detained indefinitely.

Jon Hallford will remain in federal custody until the federal case ends — despite being out of custody for the state case. He was placed in the Englewood federal correctional institution.

The Hallfords’ next court appearance on local charges is scheduled for July 6 with a jury trial tentatively set for October.