再问OG186，请指教！

186.Judge Bonham denied a motion to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of
to confine them to a hotel.
(A) to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of to confine them to
(B) that would have allowed members of the jury to go home at the end of each day instead of confined to
(C) under which members of the jury are allowed to go home at the end of each day instead of confining
them in
(D) that would allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day rather than confinement in(E)
(E) to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day rather than be confined to

以前的讨论我都看过了，我的疑问是，E中的结构是allow sb to do A rather than do B, 可是“allow members of the jury (to) be confined to a hotel”好像有点说不通啊，怎么能“允许...被困在旅店中呢”？Tianwan大N指出过allow有“let”的意思，可是即使这样，let members (to) be comfined to a hotel好像也不通呢？是不是我的理解上有什么问题？恳请NN们指点！谢了！