Zero to thirty five thousand monitored in five years

It can be done

About myselfOver 15 years of experience in IT.- IT staff- Telecom Project Specialist- Product Manager- Project ManagerLast 5 years manager of the Polish EM programme office (day to day management of office and field officers, training for: courts employees and jugdes, field officers, implementations of changes, and project development)

Introduction• Start of Polish EM programme was preceded

by over 4 years of legislative work• Poland then became the 13th European

country to use EM.• System was made based on British practices• Semi Private-Public Partnership

Four years before …Launching of EM programme was preceded by a lot of legislative work and meetings with suppliers and experts from other countries – mainly form the UK. As one of the oldest and largest EM programmes operating in Europe a ministerial and commercial cooperation model similar to that used in the UK was adopted.Between 2003 and 2007 there were several changes to the original EM act. Finally it was decided to submit to Parliament an episodic act.

Act• The Polish EM programme was based on a

special law act of 7th September 2007, which regarded the ability to have imprisonment outside prison using electronic surveillance

• Act was reapproved 5 times.

Reapprovals

Sep 2009

Oct 2009

Nov 2009

Dec 2009

Jan 2010

Feb 2010

Mar 2010

Apr 2010

May 2010

Jun 2010

Jul 2010

Aug 2010

Sep 2010

Oct 2010

Nov 2010

Dec 2010

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49 55 59 61 56 5167 79

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1. 2008/05 extending time of entry into force and significant change in introduction to latest technical solutions

2. 2010/05 very significantly expanded the scope of the Act – increased punishment of EM from 6 to 12 months and given

opportunity to fourfold increase in population of convicts eligible to apply for a penalty in EM

– abolished payment for serving penalty in EM by convicts,– rationalize responsibilities and activities in EM of probation officer– several changes and updates

Before reaproval• Penalty up to 12 months• Penalty in EM up to 6 months• No recidivism in EM• Consent of roommates• Technical conditions• Serving penalty fee

Main conditions for offendersAfter reaproval• Penalty up to 12 months• Penalty in EM up to 12

months• Consent of roommates• Technical conditions• Posibility to re-serve

sentence or merge few as one

• No fee

Reapprovals (2)

Nov 2010

Dec 2010

Jan 2011

Feb 2011

Mar 2011

Apr 2011

May 2011

Jun 2011

Jul 2011

Aug 2011

Sep 2011

Oct 2011

Nov 2011

Dec 2011

Jan 2012

Feb 2012

Mar 2012

Apr 2012

May 2012

Jun 2012

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11031238 1353 1418 1456 1498 1552 1634

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2461

2958

3439

3740

4037

3. 2011/08 which introduced – possibility of EM in relation to convicted who are held obligation to

stay in a place of residence for the duration of the mass event (e.g. football match)

4. 2012/05 which introduced – possibility of granting early release convicts held EM penalty, – granted probation officers wider rights regarding sentences, – grant convicts right to social benefits

Reapprovals (3)5. 2013/07 which introduced non-temporal EM

act

Apr 2012

May 2012

Jun 2012

Jul 2012

Aug 2012

Sep 2012

Oct 2012

Nov 2012

Dec 2012

Jan 2013

Feb 2013

Mar 2013

Apr 2013

May 2013

Jun 2013

Jul 2013

Aug 2013

Sep 2013

Oct 2013

Nov 2013

Dec 2013

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Social and financial factors

1. Maintain ties with family2. Continue gainful employment3. Self-control behavior, learning responsibility4. Lack of negative effects of psychological and

social benefits of long-term isolation5. Lack of reliance of people from the

penitentiary system6. EM programme is 5 times cheaper than

incarceration

Problems• Regulations didn't fit the current situation• Understanding what is EM• Change in the decision of conviction - EM instead of

suspended sentence• At the beginning of the difficulties in forming judgments• Problems with using the application (workflow)• A very slow work of courts• Too restrictive interpretation of violations or excessive

indulgence• Shortage of staff• Lack of equipment (IT)

Life storiesAbout one judgeA person who was very skeptical in the first contact with EM – he thought that EM is not real punishment. After a year the same judge was one of the staunchest supporters of the programme.

Life stories (2)About one offenderA person who during curfew was absent and had an accident on bicycle. He ride an bicycle in winter and fell down to the trench and broke an leg. Probably he will be die from the cold if we don’t find him.

CampaignThe media campaign promoting EM programme and helps to get the information about programme to the people in a certain sense, excluded from public life.

Statistics

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Number of subjects and mile stones

amendment to the law

amendment to the law

new areas

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pilot (one area)

amendment to the law

amendment to the law

Statistics (2)

Sep 2009

Nov 2009

Jan 2010

Mar 2010

May 2010

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Sep 2010

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Mar 2011

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Jul 2011

Sep 2011

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Mar 2012

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Nov 2014

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May 2011

Jul 2011

Sep 2011

Nov 2011

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Jul 2012

Sep 2012

Nov 2012

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Jan 2014

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1771

318

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