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There are currently about 5,400 convicted and detained in jails and about 15,000 in the care of probation officers.
“Officials are often in situations that require special vigilance and quick decision-making. The data captured by the video recorder and automatically transferred to the system will not only help to accurately reproduce the course of events, but also they will guarantee a safe and transparent analysis of the information. This step is one of the elements of modernization and digitization of the system, bringing the prison system closer to the reality of the 21st century “, says Justice Minister Evelina Dobrovolska.
According to Virginijus Kulikauskas, Director of the Department of Prisons, after equipping probation and prison officers with video recorders and regulating the proper use of these tools, it is expected to avoid not only conflict situations in the future, but also to guarantee a increased security for both officers and convicts.
“The prison system is taking another step towards a more transparent business model. Video recorders have already been used in prisons, but the new procedure provides for the mandatory use of video recorders by officials when communicating with convicts. In the event of any uncertainty, conflict, doubt about possible corruption or improper actions by either party, the situation will be clarified by reviewing the video recorded by the recorder ”, says V. Kulikauskas, Head of the Prison Department.
The Department of Prisons has purchased 1,000 new VCRs assigned to correctional officers and the Probation Service. The new procedure defines the specific cases in which employees must use a video recorder and establishes the procedure and terms of video storage.
The registrars in the penitentiary center will be mandatory not only for the records, but also in each case in communication with the convict, recording the violation or any illegal act, as well as during inspections of detainees (convicts), meals and in other cases.
Probation officers will have access to a recorder during each communication with a supervised person, at their place of residence or other stay, as well as in all cases where officers seek to protect or protect others from danger to health or life preventing irregularities. or ignoring legal instructions.
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