Justice Ministry wants broader use of electronic bracelets

The Czech Justice Ministry is planning a broader use of electronics bracelets which were originally to have enabled the courts to use alternative means of punishment in the form of house arrests. Deputy Justice Minister Vladimir Zimmel told Czech Television that the ministry would like to see the bracelets used in cases of psychiatric patients who are allowed to leave mental homes for a certain period or in the event of transportation of prisoners to a workplace or hospital outside the prison facility. The purchase of around 1,000 bracelets has been delayed due to a series of problematic tenders.