The benefits of Wialon in Offender monitoring and to control tax in Mexico
Although, they are reducing fund, it costs the penitentiary system in Mexico US $1 billion per year. Citizens challenge the soundness of such costs.
Pilot programme
The authorities of Nuevo León state think of some changes to maintain overcrowded prisons and growing expenses.
As such, they decided to run a home detention program for minor offenders. They tested the system of electronic monitoring for parolees / probationers in the USA and Europe. However, it appeared to be a good alternative to the custody. Therefore, it could work in Mexico too.
Local authorities had high expectations of the project and would like to :
- Casually and continually control 500 disciplined offenders. This is to ensure that parolees/probationers do not leave the house or stay within a permitted area.
- Also, to save money of taxpayers on extra bed in prison.
- At last, to guarantee the security in neighborhoods.
Solution offered
Lertek was in charge of the technical part of the project. So, they offered GPS tracking solution from Gosafe. It a home beacon, an ankle bracelet with an RFID tag and LBS as secondary location source.
And that’s how it works :
A probationer wears an electronic bracelet. Usually, it is a personal tracker which offers RFID-based control indoors and GPS/LBS location detection outdoors.
Home beacon casually reads an RFID-tag to make sure that a probationer stays inside.
Lertek draws geofences in Wialon whenever they allow a probationer to leave home. Those are used to keep an individual inside the predefined region.
A probationer cannot get rid of the bracelet.
When a person wears the bracelet, temperature sensor reacts to body temperature.
You cannot cut the tie as it is made of optic fiber and sends notifications about any interference to the system.
Whenever a probationer tries to remove or damage the bracelet, the system will notify the controlling body. At the same time, the bracelet vibrates to warn its owner of the violation.
Results
Oustandingly, their partner accomplished 24/7 control of 500 offenders. They were aware that the officers were constantly monitoring and tracking them. As a result, there were no serious violations and no runaways since they detect the implementation of the home detention programme.
Plus, the solution of our Mexican partner provides benefits for all the parties involved :
- Local authorities obtained an economically efficient solution. Now, the county saves up to 70% per offender.
- Offenders stay in a safe and secure environment. Thus, their return to normal life is likely to be painless.
- Taxpayers can rest assured that their money is used fairly, not only for the penitentiary system.
- The integrator can provide other regions with the same services and get new clients.
