BANGKOK – The Department of Probation has developed of electronic tools to be used as a new probation monitoring system instead of imprisonment, unveiling the device at a seminar on the Tokyo Rules on non-custodial measures.
The Department of Probation and the National Institute for Justice held the seminar to mark the 25 year milestone of the Tokyo Rules that defined the minimum requirements of the United Nations on taking measures other than detention to punish those who commit crimes.
At the seminar, Director-General of the Department of Probation Pol Col Naras Savestanan gave a report on the development of projects to rehabilitate drug addicts together with volunteers and the development of new measures as alternatives to incarceration such as electronics equipment.
He also revealed that the National Reform Steering Assembly had drafted a set of proposals to the government on the use of electronic devices on individuals released on probation, those without bail and those with moderate offenses where home detention is sufficient.
Such tools not only serve as an alternative to imprisonment but also serve to rehabilitate offenders back into their communities and offer them a chance to live a normal life in society.
