The National Agency for Crime Prevention, Execution of Non-Custodial Sentences and Probation reports that the publication published on the Confederation's website provides a detailed overview of the preconditions, functions, integrated services and prospects for international promotion of the device for the creation of a new mechanism for electronic control and services of probationers.

Given these circumstances, the Agency set the objective to create an innovative mechanism through which the electronic control of probationers and their access to appropriate services, along with probation bureaus, would be available in alternative buildings, without additional human resources.

To achieve its goal, the Agency has created PROBBOX, which was introduced, as a pilot project, in the Public Service Halls of Tbilisi, Telavi, Gori, Kutaisi, Zugdidi and Batumi on December 22, 2021. For the first time in Europe, the control of probationers and provision of their services, along with probation bureaus, has become possible in the premises of other organizations.

In accordance with the 10-year Strategic Development Plan of the Ministry of Justice and the Strategic Development Plan of the Agency, by 2030, 250 PROBBOX devices will be installed in Public Service Halls, Community Centers and municipal buildings of Georgia, to greatly enhance the anonymity of probationers and significantly increase the geographical area of probation capabilities.

POBBOX operates with Georgian-made software. After three-level authentication through fingerprint and face recognition technologies and personal identification data, the probationer logs into a personal account that is connected to the Agency’s probation database.

Source link: https://www.cep-probation.org/probbox-georgias-large-scale-reform-of-probation-system-through-innovative-technologies/