Electronic monitoring of |young offenders planned
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Electronic monitoring (EM) of juvenile offenders is set to begin in Thailand from August. Some 200 young people convicted of road-racing offences will be the first to take part in the EM system, which allows offenders to complete their probation sentences
Probation Department director-general Ruenvadee Suwanmongkol said yesterday a panel would be set up to identify which offenders qualify for the scheme.
“EM users’ behaviour will be monitored. Assessments are to be conducted every three to six months. If their behaviour does not improve, they will be sent back to the normal probation system,” she said. Under the normal system, offenders serve their terms at juvenile observation and protection centres.
Ruenvadee said her department is considering whether to use radio-frequency or global-positioning technology for the EM system or both.
“We will need an efficient system to ensure that the EM devices is destroyed or tampered with,” she said. Two panels would be established to take charge of procurement and to review technical specifications.
