The persons spared of criminal punishment who are subject to particular restrictions will be surveyed trough a GPS-based electronic system. The persons surveyed based on court judgments or decisions taken by penitentiary chiefs will bear special tags that will electronically transmit data about their whereabouts. The Ministry of Justice presented the concept in a roundtable meeting, IPN reports.
The electronic tagging is an alternative to detention. Minister of Justice Vladimir Cebotari said the electronic system should also cover persons in remand detention.
The minister argued the detention conditions are bad. At the same time, the holding of a person implies large costs for the state. Another problem is related to the education in the detention system, which does not prove its efficiency. “Partially, these problems could be resolved by spreading and popularizing the electronic tagging system,” stated Vladimir Cebotari.
Gennady Ceban, head of the National Probation Inspectorate’s Analytical Activity and External Relations Division, voiced hope that the concept and regulations needed for implementing this will be approved by this yearend. The electronic tagging system showed its efficiency in the European states. “It was proven that the costs of implementing the electronic tagging system are up to ten times lower than the costs associated with the holding of persons in the legal system,” he stated.
The law on the implementation of the electronic tagging system was passed at the end of 2015. Almost 2,400 persons are now on probation and these could be subject to electronic tagging.
