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Today, March 19th, 2015, the Central Probation Office held a roundtable on "Experience of Electronic Monitoring (EM). Reality and Challenges". The meeting was attended by the representatives of the probation system: head of the Central Probation Office - Vladimir POPA, deputy head of the Central Probation Office - Sergiu MARGARINT, the representatives of Poland: Director of the Department of the Enforcement of Judgments and Probation - Mirosław PRZYBYLSKI, Probation Officer - Sławomir STASIOROWSKI, the representatives of NORLAM Mission, the representatives of the Project Support to the Enforcement, Probation and Rehabilitation Systems in Moldova, and the representatives of the Ministry of Justice and Prosecution General.
During the meeting, Vladimir POPA, welcomed all participants and thanked for the good cooperation and experience on probation, noting that the experience on electronic monitoring is an important segment in the Justice Sector Reform Strategy.
The topics discussed were focused on strengthening the international cooperation, exchange of experience between the probation services, difficulties encountered, their resolution and sharing practice of Norway and Poland in the field of electronic monitoring of the prisoners and the used equipment.
The director of the Department of the Enforcement of Judgments and Probation in Poland - Mirosław PRZYBYLSKI, reported that "The detention alternative measures help promoting human rights, increase the chance of rehabilitation and integration into society and relapse prevention. The efficient functioning of the probation system will allow reducing the risk of overcrowding of prisons and the prisoners will be electronically monitored. Poland became the 13th country ME user in the European Community, so within 5 years, over 35 000 people benefited from this service".
Also, the expert from NORLAM Mission - Njal GRIMSTAND, said that "Electronic monitoring of offenders is the flexible solution and allows not having crowded prisons. Another important aspect is that the inmates will bring benefit to community and will respect the obligations set".
The activity was carried out in the context of achieving the 6.5.3.10 action “Implementation of a pilot project on electronic monitoring of the probation subjects" from the action plan for the implementation of the Justice Sector Reform Strategy for the years 2011-2016 (approved by the Parliament Decision no. 6 of 16 February 2012).
Also, the Central Probation Office jointly with the Ministry of Justice drafted the law that focuses on electronic monitoring of certain categories of persons who are in conflict with the criminal law, taking into account the recommendations of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and European practice on electronic monitoring.
