G4S selected to implement electronic monitoring of curfew in Austria.

(01/02/2008)

Under the new scheme in Austria, day-release prisoners from the Vienna-Simmering and Graz-Jakomini Prisons will exchange their cells for electronically supervised house arrest. This sentencing option is part of a detention discharge package developed by Austria’s Minister of Justice, Dr. Maria Berger, and will serve as a replacement for short-term sentences.

The key criteria for prisoners to be accepted onto the programme was that they had day-time employment or were attending regular training, and that they had a fixed address to enable installation of the monitoring equipment.

G4S has been selected to pioneer the electronic monitoring of curfew for the Ministry of Justice in Austria. The pilot will be handled by G4S’s EM International division. G4S will provide the equipment, monitoring system, support and training, whilst the Austrian Ministry of Justice will manage the installation and recovery of equipment and response to any violations.

“We are delighted to have been awarded this prestigious project which we believe will provide a viable alternative to imprisonment to the Austrian Government. We are looking forward to working closely with the Austrian Ministry of Justice and playing our part to help ensure the pilot fulfils its full potential” states Julian McGovern, G4S EM International Director.

G4S has wide-ranging international expertise managing a diverse range electronic monitoring programmes for governments in the UK, US, France, Netherlands, Israel and New Zealand.

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