Justice minister says electronic bracelets should be available by March

Justice Minister Robert Pelikan has said the process of acquiring electronic bracelets for the prison service could be concluded by February or March of next year. Delays in acquiring the bracelets have prevented judges from using the institution of house arrest in place of regular jail sentences. The prison service also wants to use the bracelets in order to facilitate the process of sending convicts to work outside of prisons. Experts are now in the process of testing the available technology.