A Halifax music therapist facing child pornography charges is free on bail. Robert William Harris must abide by several conditions and his brother has agreed to supervise him.

Harris, 46, is facing charges of accessing, possessing, and making available child pornography.

Police arrested Harris after seizing computer equipment from the home he rents on Allan Street on Feb. 13.

“He’s under house arrest where he’s living,” says Crown prosecutor Craig Botterill.

“He’s not to have any access to children or to be on the internet, to go near daycares or elementary schools, or anything of that sort, and we’re depending on his brother now to supervise that.”

A publication ban prevents media from reporting details of Tuesday’s bail hearing but the Crown told reporters last week that police found 66 images of child pornography on a computer found in Harris’ room.

According to Harris’ website, he graduated from Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo in 2003 and received a Master of Music Therapy in 2007.

The website says Harris launched his own private practice, Creative Expressions Music Therapy Services, in the summer of 2011.

Harris works with infants, toddlers, school-age children, teens, young adults and seniors. His clients face challenges such as ADHD, autism, Down Syndrome, cerebral palsy, developmental delays and mental illness, according to the website.

Police don’t believe any of the images found on the computer were of local children.

The case has caught the attention of the Progressive Conservatives. Nova Scotia Tory MLA Tim Houston says the government should consider bringing back electronic ankle bracelets to monitor those out on bail. The monitoring program was cut in 2011.

“When judges are making these tough decisions on whether to release somebody on bail or not, they should have the ability to request an ankle bracelet,” says Houston.

“Nova Scotians and communities and people that are vulnerable should always feel safe. They should always feel that somebody who’s released on bail with strict conditions are adhering to them and an ankle bracelet will help us know that.”

A spokesperson for the Nova Scotia Justice Department says the bail supervising program was started as a pilot program in the Halifax area, but he says there was little uptake by the courts. He says the program was underutilized, which is part of the reason it was cut.

Harris is due back in court on March 25.

With files from CTV Atlantic's Jacqueline Foster