In India, if a criminal is convicted in any case, he goes to jail. This rule applies in many countries of the world. But now the world is changing rapidly and this change is also taking place in the relationship between prisons and prisoners.
There is news that Britain is going to bring such a facility, where criminals who commit crimes will not go to jail. Rather, he will serve his sentence by staying in his home. It is being called virtual prison. Let us know what this whole matter is and why Britain is trying to do this.
Case of Virtual Prison
According to media reports. Britain has taken this decision in view of the increasing number of prisoners in jails. In fact, only last month, a new record was set for the number of prisoners in the jails of England and Wales. In such a situation, it is becoming difficult for the government there to manage this number of prisoners. This is the reason why the government there is now seriously considering virtual prison.
Britain’s new Labor Party, which formed the government in July, had said that all the prisons in the UK would be completely filled within a few weeks. Can. In such a situation, there is a need to consider early release of prisoners and there is also a need to think seriously about the system of virtual prison.
What happens in virtual prison
It is being said that at present this system will be applicable to those prisoners whose some sentence has been served in jail and some sentence is left. That is, if a prisoner has been sentenced to one year and has already served 6 months of his sentence in jail, then in the future he will be able to serve the remaining 6 months of his sentence in his own home under virtual prison. p>When a prisoner stays in a virtual prison, he will have to wear a GPS tag, smartphone and other devices. So that it can be tracked and monitored. In such a situation, the prisoner will not be able to go out of his house and will remain at home to serve his entire sentence. However, there is no complete report yet regarding for which prisoners this system will be applicable.
Actually, people are discussing on social media that if the British government provides this facility to dangerous prisoners. If so, he can operate his gang by staying in his home. Apart from this, he can easily escape from the virtual prison.
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