By the end of 2014, the Guatemalan government will launch a pilot project to implement electronic tags into the prison system, confirmed the chief of Interior, Mauricio López Bonilla.

"... There is a whole map for the developed of this detention methodology, which involves placing electronic ankle bracelets on inmates which are controlled from a monitoring center and in this way relieve pressure on prisons ...."

"... In addition, it also stipulates the construction of prisons and other modules for the most dangerous inmates and prevent these from mixing with the rest of the prison population."

Source: prensalibre.com

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