Electronic supervision as a form of imprisonment

Abstract

The article deals with electronic surveillance as one of the forms of imprisonment. The author's intention was to present this institution as serving the realization of statutory goals of imprisonment. In this way, the hypothesis that this supervision is an important element of the contemporary penitentiary policy of our country has been proved. In addition, the aim of the presented study was to present the social aspects of the use of electronic surveillance, including the benefits that the prisoner achieves. The author has described the institution in question and the principles of its functioning. She also formulated a de lege ferenda postulate to limit the possibility of using the supervision in question by convicts serving their sentences in penitentiary institutions. She presented selected results of surveys conducted twice by the Justice Institute and an audit conducted by the Supreme Chamber of Control in 2013 to assess the functioning of electronic supervision. She referred to the opinions of some representatives of doctrine in the aspect of evaluation of the supervision in question, including as a tool of the state's re-socialisation policy. She also formulated a number of conclusions and her own assessments.

Keywords

• Prison sentence
• penitentiary court
• convict
• electronic surveillance
• resocialization
• individual prevention