Bracelet for prisoners under house arrest. House arrest as a preventive measure

The Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow will begin the trial on August 23 former director Federal service execution of punishments by Alexander Reimer. He and two of his subordinates are accused of embezzling more than 2.7 billion rubles from the budget, allocated by the state for the purchase of electronic bracelets. Lenta.ru listened to the stories of people who, by court decision, had to for a long time live with these devices.

Better striped trousers than checkered sky

Muscovite Anastasia was accused of an economic crime. The court sent her under house arrest, and in November 2014, she was fitted with an electronic bracelet, which she lived with for a whole year.

Before installing the bracelet at the FSIN department, the girl filled out forms in which she indicated the details of her relatives, information about her place of work and contacts. The service is also interested in the provider providing home Internet. “I was forbidden to use communication services, the Internet, and mail. Telephone communication is allowed only with close relatives, a lawyer and an investigator,” said Anastasia.

At the same time, the home Internet was not specifically blocked; members of her family could use it.

“I also signed a document stating that I undertake to treat the equipment with care and not spoil or break it. Financial liability amounted to about 100 thousand rubles,” added Anastasia.

The FSIN employee asked her to choose which leg to attach the bracelet to.

“It’s on a leather belt, inside there are wires with a sensor on them, the signal from which is transmitted to a device that looks like a landline telephone. The operator’s SIM card is inserted into it,” she explained.

Photo: Maxim Kimerling / Kommersant

The bracelet was replaced three times due to a malfunction. After just three weeks of wearing the “accessory,” it became clear that the signal from it was not being received by the Federal Penitentiary Service, after which Anastasia received new equipment with a portable device transmitting the signal. “There is also a bracelet, but it comes with a box measuring 10 by 15 centimeters, with which you can go for walks,” noted Anastasia.

Six months later, Anastasia was allowed to walk three times a day for an hour at a certain time, no further than a kilometer from home. The bracelet did not cause any particular inconvenience. It is waterproof, so the prisoner of her own apartment washed herself without any problems. She wore trousers to hide her racy status from her teenage daughter.

“I studied Italian language while I was under arrest,” says Anastasia.

Most serious offense house arrest nta - unauthorized leaving home. “As the FSI members themselves said, this is what drug addicts usually do. So they were impatient - and he went to get a dose at the point,” explains Anastasia.

If a person needs to go to the hospital or to see a doctor, he must inform the FSIN and provide supporting documents - for example, a coupon from the terminal. Those under investigation who are under house arrest, especially those who have been in pre-trial detention centers, are very afraid of violating the rules established by the FSI - this Right way Finally. Some even demand that prison officials take them to court and to the investigator in a company car, so that there is no reason to change the preventive measure.

“I drove myself, took advantage of the extra chance to go outside,” says Anastasia.

You don't look like wearing boots

The introduction of electronic bracelets in Russia in 2010, after the adoption of amendments to criminal legislation on house arrest.

A year earlier, a trial batch of devices manufactured by a French-Israeli company was received. They were tested by 220 volunteers serving prison sentences. Voronezh region, wrote the Kommersant newspaper in 2010.

“We found that women with thin hands can remove the bracelet from their hands, so they attach the bracelet to their legs. However, another problem immediately arose: with a bracelet on her leg, a woman cannot put on boots,” the publication quoted FSIN representative, Lieutenant Colonel of the Internal Service Tatyana Nikitina.

Until 2018, the state was ready to spend 13.5 billion rubles on the development and implementation of domestic bracelets.

Essentially, the system is a radio tag (actually, the bracelet itself) and a stationary monitoring device (SCU) connected to it. The device is installed in an apartment, operates from a regular outlet, but has an internal battery in case of a power outage. An alarm signal is sent to the operator's console when an attempt is made to open the box or turn it off. The device will also give an alarm if a person with a bracelet moves away from the device by about 100 meters.

According to Izvestia, due to the poor quality of the equipment, cases of false alarms are not uncommon.

“The inspector can always contact the supervised person, and if the “subscriber” does not respond, he must go to the site and personally figure out what happened. And only when it becomes clear that the “subscriber” is grossly violating the established regime, the materials are transferred to the search department, and operatives begin searching for the fugitive,” the publication’s interlocutor said.

complaint book

Evgenia Vasilyeva, a well-known defendant in the high-profile Oboronservis case, complained about false alarms. At times, FSIN officers came to her five times a day to carry out checks, her lawyer Khasan Ali Borokov complained in an interview with Izvestia.

“In general, this is a terribly uncomfortable thing, especially for women - neither wear tights, nor shoes, nor long boots", he complained. Vasilyeva’s defense expressed dissatisfaction not only with the frequency of the visits, but also with the fact that they were carried out without warning.

The FSIN responded by saying that employees of the criminal-executive inspection visit Vasilyeva once a day and are not required to notify her of their arrival.

The former head of Rusnano, Leonid Melamed, who is under house arrest in a case of major embezzlement, also had a chance to get acquainted with the electronic bracelet. The court allowed him daily three-hour walks and telephone conversations with his parents living in Sochi.

The owner of Domodedovo Airport, Dmitry Kamenshchik, lived with an electronic device for six months. On February 19, after the Basmanny court sent him under house arrest, the FSIN announced that the businessman would be put on an electronic bracelet.

The mason was imprisoned in a mansion with an area of ​​1675 square meters, not counting the outbuildings, located in pine forest, wrote the newspaper “Interlocutor”.

According to the publication, the Kamenshchik mansion near Moscow is equipped with a smart home system, it has “a huge swimming pool, and trees 10 meters high grow right under the roof - in order to take a walk, the prisoner does not even need to go outside. Of course, it’s a cage, albeit a golden one.”

Walking with a stopwatch

Muscovite Evgenia had to go to autumn shoes, because the bracelet was in the way. She was fitted with the device at the end of October 2014, although the house arrest order had been issued three months earlier. The convoy service said that this is the first time in their ten-year service that they have been released under house arrest.

“I had a pre-trial agreement with the investigation, otherwise they wouldn’t let me go,” explained Evgenia.

She was left without a device for a banal reason: the Federal Penitentiary Service did not have it in stock. As Evgeniya was told by the department, at that time the practice of house arrests was very small, and, apparently, there were not enough devices for everyone. “The FSIN employee said that I was the third person he was looking after. While I was without a bracelet, he came without warning and checked if I was at home,” she says.

Evgenia spent the period before house arrest from March to July in a pre-trial detention center. “I had something to compare with, because being in a confined space is quite difficult, especially when there are a huge number of people besides you, and some are extremely inadequate. And so you are at home - yes, you are limited in movement, the only entertainment you have is TV and books,” she recalls.

The bracelet caused virtually no inconvenience, says Evgenia. “But he is buzzing terribly, the condition is such that all the bones of his left leg were constantly buzzing,” she explains.

Walking was allowed two months after being transferred to house arrest: “I walked 60 minutes a day, 61 minutes is already a violation. You go out for a walk with a stopwatch.”

Also, according to Evgenia, she only washed herself in the shower, with her leg in the bracelet, she couldn’t take a bath - the device burns out a minute after immersion in water. In the event of a breakdown, the supervisee compensated for its cost from his own pocket: “It cost either 140 or 240 thousand rubles, I don’t remember exactly.”

Constantly wearing the bracelet did not cancel the inspection visits of the inspector - twice a week. “I was lucky, he was funny and treated me well. Before me, he also had a single mother, so he practically lived with her, because he had to accompany her all the time, every day they took the child to kindergarten and picked her up. He understood how difficult it was to be in one room 24 hours a day, and he took her to a cafe,” says the woman.

“I am very grateful to the employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service, they treat people humanely, not like in a pre-trial detention center, where they constantly insult,” admitted Evgenia.

In her opinion, such a preventive measure is more humane and provides better control than in a pre-trial detention center.

Evgenia lived in the bracelet for four months, until February 2015.

Work on mistakes

Lawyer Oksana Mikhalkina defended the interests of Lyudmila Esipenko, a participant in the action of Orthodox activists who, on August 14, 2015, stormed the exhibition in Manege and destroyed exhibits that, in their opinion, offended the feelings of believers.

The court ordered Esipenko house arrest for the period of investigation, but FSIN officers were unable to put an electronic bracelet on the girl. The fact is that the law requires permission from the apartment owner to install electronic equipment. Esipenko’s mother refused to give the necessary consent because she was very afraid of gadgets, the lawyer explained. Therefore, FSIN employees visited Esipenko while she was at home, and when the girl was admitted to the hospital of the Serbsky Institute for examination, she was put on a bracelet, but after discharge she was removed again.

The price of the device will not exceed 10 thousand rubles (the previous version cost 102 thousand). The FSIN explained the significant reduction in value through open auctions.

However, an informed source of Izvestia in the prison department said that in fact, all technical documentation and specifications are made for one single enterprise - the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Center for Information Technology Support and Communications (CTOS). A third-party company cannot win the competition, the source explained, because only TsITOS specialists have all the protocols and passwords necessary for programming the bracelets. At the same time, there was no production as such at this enterprise, and it still works according to the same “gray” schemes.

The former director of the enterprise, Viktor Oderenov, is currently in the dock along with former leaders FSIN Alexander Reimer and Nikolai Krivolapov. They are charged with abuse of power and fraud on an especially large scale.

Appeared in Russia the new kind criminal punishment - house arrest. This became possible after the introduction of electronic tracking systems for human movements, such as the “electronic bracelet”.

The electronic tracking system allows you to monitor a person’s movements 24 hours a day, which made it possible to use it to establish complete electronic control over the life of a convicted person during his stay under house arrest.

The system of remote monitoring of convicts in many countries has become a common punishment for petty robbers, hooligans, and car thieves. The use of electronic tracking devices is possible because the person himself is interested in using them, since he does not want to go to prison.

Several types of devices are used. The simplest and cheapest is usually used for juvenile offenders for whom the court has deemed it unnecessary to stay in prison. It's small technical device, which the teenager should carry with him. When leaving a certain area, a young person is required to call a certain phone number and report his location. The call is recorded by the computer. If 5 minutes pass and he does not call, the equipment will give a signal to the supervising inspector, who can go to court with a requirement to take action against the violator.

The remaining devices have a more complex configuration; they can be divided into three main types. The first is a telephone line control device. This model consists of a base station and a lightweight electronic bracelet, thanks to which a person can move freely within a small radius from the station.

The receiving device is installed at the place of residence of the convicted person and requires periodic recharging. The purpose of the device is to record the time a person enters and leaves the premises and registers offenses committed by him related to non-compliance with the schedule or attempts to damage the device.

The principle of operation of an electronic device for monitoring a prisoner is simple. While within the range of the "base" field, the prisoner cannot leave these limits. As soon as he crosses the border, the device immediately sends a signal to the phone and computer of the supervising inspector.

The second is a similar control device for cellular communications. This system is good for the city, but it is not suitable for villages that are not covered by cellular communications.

The third type is a constant tracking device. It consists of a transmitter (bracelet), a portable GPS tracking device and a stationary transmitting device (it is installed at the place of serving the sentence, for example, in an apartment).

An electronic bracelet is no different in shape from a regular electronic watch and consists of a strap made of lightweight plastic or rubber with holes for adjusting its length, and a small box in which the electronics and a heat sensor are installed. The bracelet is put on the leg or arm, secured with a special device and activated with an electronic key. The thermal sensor obliges the person under control to wear the bracelet exclusively on the body, and not in the pocket of his trousers or shirt, and the radio transmitter detects any attempt to remove it.

The bracelet cannot be removed or reprogrammed; the device reacts to a rupture or to the cessation of heat from the body. When you try to remove the bracelet, a violation signal appears on the screen of the tracking monitor.

The device is designed for operation at temperatures up to 100 degrees Celsius, the tightness allows it to be immersed in fresh and salt water up to 5 meters up to 15 minutes. This gives the convict the opportunity to visit the bathhouse and sauna.

The device operates in three modes - radio communication, satellite tracking and a combination of these two. If the convicted person is at home, a stationary radio transmitter operates, similar to a telephone without buttons. An operator can contact the convicted person at any time through it. As soon as you leave the house, the radio signal disappears and the one on your belt turns on - GPS. There are also modifications of the bracelet with a built-in satellite tracking system.

The bracelet is coded to a certain distance from the prisoner’s home - he is prohibited from going further than this border. In addition, time restrictions are established: the person under control must leave home for work and return exactly on schedule. If he gets sick, he will be given a special time slot to visit the doctor.

A portable GPS tracking device (it's similar to mobile phone) hung on the shoulder or worn on the belt. The receiver, through the GPS system, records the coordinates of the supervised person’s location and transmits them to the dispatcher’s server using regular GSM mobile communications. In normal mode, it does this automatically every four hours. If it happens an emergency situation, works instantly.

A specially trained operator controls the signal at his computer console.

The violator receives a message to the receiver: “You have exceeded permissible distance. Come back immediately!” The supervised person is immediately obliged to confirm receipt of the information by pressing a button and eliminate the violation. If this does not happen, an alarm is sounded, a squad goes out to pick up the person, and the criminal executive inspector decides what sanctions to apply - up to replacing the suspended sentence with a real one.

Bracelets also have disadvantages: it is problematic to wash with a bracelet, since it shields from the cast-iron bathtub; It is impossible to play football with him. The technique regards any blow as an attempt to escape.

IN last years this type of punishment is becoming increasingly popular. In the US, electronic monitoring is used in 49 out of 50 states.

In Europe, the Nordic countries were the first to use electronic “house arrest”. In Sweden, those citizens who are sentenced to up to 3 months can choose bracelets and total control at home instead of prison. This mainly applies to petty thieves and drivers who have committed accidents. In Germany, the decision to transfer prisoners under electronic “house arrest” is made by the prosecutor’s office, again mainly at the request of the convicts themselves. Moreover, not only those sentenced to short terms, but also anyone who can count on parole can choose bracelets. In Israel, a decision on electronic restraint, again at the request of lawyers, can be made by the court even in relation to suspects under investigation.

The criminal complained to MK in St. Petersburg about an expensive device

Arrested last week former head Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Alexander Reimer. The investigation suspects him of stealing three billion rubles when purchasing electronic bracelets for those arrested. As it turned out, the bracelets were not only purchased at exorbitant prices, but also turned out to be simply useless - supposedly they can be removed using ordinary scissors.

The signal was received - the task force did not arrive

According to the Federal Penitentiary Service for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, electronic bracelets in our region today are worn by about a hundred people sentenced to house arrest by the court (in total there are 10 thousand “bracelet inmates” in Russia. - Ed.). This method of isolation is considered humane. Usually, bracelets are placed on those who have committed minor crimes or are sick and cannot stay in the isolation ward during the investigation.

This device looks like a large wrist watch, it is attached to the leg using a plastic strap. There are stationary devices - they are installed in the arrestee’s apartment and operate within a radius of 50-100 meters. Mobile devices fit into a small bag and give the house detainee much greater freedom of movement. He can even go to work. According to FSIN employees, a mobile device can be programmed for a “home-to-work” route, prohibiting visits to entertainment venues - cinemas, theaters, restaurants, football matches.

“I’ve been under house arrest for four months now,” says St. Petersburg resident Grigory Merenkov (name changed. - Ed.). — This is my first conviction. A ridiculous fight in a restaurant - and, as a result, a year in bracelets. It’s good that they didn’t actually imprison him. While it was winter, I easily hid the bracelet under my wide winter trousers. But now it will be more difficult - the device is attached to the ankle and sticks out. Some work colleagues have already “exposed” me. After all, I always carry a harness under my arm that contains a mobile control device. It's the size of a large cellular telephone with SOS button. In theory, I can call an inspector at any time. But, as I learned, I have to keep my finger on the button for almost a minute for the signal to reach the control panel. IN emergency it will be impossible to do this. My bracelet has already given false calls - when I was washing in the bathroom, the lock contacts oxidized, and the device interpreted this as an attempt to unfasten the strap. Once he reacted when I was sleeping at home... However, no response group ever came to me. I was told that inspectors simply record alarms in a log and that’s it.

According to Gregory, you can get rid of the bracelet easily and simply - just lengthen the strap.

“On Internet forums, wretches like me share their experiences of escaping surveillance,” Grigory laughs. — The bracelet only beeps when the strap is unfastened. But you can resolder the contacts, lengthen the belt and remove the device. They say many people do this.

All bracelets lead to prison

But now the Investigative Committee has found out that both inpatient and mobile systems there were no electronic units responsible for processing signals from the GLONASS system. It turns out that the bracelets are fiction? Expensive useless “tchotchkes”? Let us remind you that each bracelet cost the budget 100 thousand rubles, although real price is at most 10 thousand.

In the Federal Penitentiary Service in St. Petersburg and Leningrad region They say vaguely that “there are failures in the system,” but none of those arrested have ever escaped surveillance.

— It was planned that there would already be 300 thousand people under house arrest by 2016, but this is unlikely. The electronic bracelets with which convicts live will soon begin to fail en masse, says Sergei Borodin, an engineer at the TsNIPS 24 design bureau. — The period of use of each is three years. But in reality, bracelets last even less. Their battery is weak. And the conditions for wearing them are such that the batteries simply cannot withstand the load. Dust and water get into the devices. There may be mechanical damage. Therefore, electronics often give false signals. Now that the supply of bracelets has been stopped, and new ones have not yet been released, many people will go to prison - there will be no alternative in the form of house arrest.

Meanwhile

Prisoners counting losses

There have already been several cases recorded in Russia where convicts refused to wear electronic bracelets, preferring a real prison to house arrest. It turned out that prisoners are afraid of damaging an expensive item, for which the prison department charges the full price - from 100 thousand rubles and more. According to official data, convicted citizens have already lost or broken electronic bracelets worth a total of one million rubles. According to court decisions, they must compensate for the loss of government property - down to the penny.

This year, law enforcement officers purchased electronic bracelets that are used to track the movements of suspects under house arrest. Rivne police showed how the bracelets work and talked about their experience of using them.
This is what an electronic bracelet looks like.

It is placed on the suspect’s arm or leg. True, the police say that after the scandalous rector Melnik fled, now he is on his feet.
“The bracelet is adjusted depending on the size, and then a special clasp is installed,” says the acting director. Head of the Communications Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the Rivne region Nikolai Minko. - It’s impossible to put it on your hand (let’s try it on: the bracelet is too big - author). See, it will subside. You will be able to free your hand.
We try it on our feet - the size fits, it won’t fall off...

This bracelet can withstand temperatures up to 90 degrees, that is, you can easily take a bath with it, etc. ...

The bracelet must be accompanied by a mobile device, which the prisoner must always have with him.

“It is also used as a mobile phone,” says Nikolai Minko. — The mobile numbers of the inspector responsible for the suspect and the monitoring panel are programmed here. If the suspect has an unpredictable circumstance: health problems, fire, flood, etc., and he needs to go out somewhere, he dials the number of the remote control that is monitoring him. Tells about the situation and warns that there will be a violation. Only those who know the number can call him on this device. The number is in our database, but even the suspect himself does not know it. The device gives the prisoner a signal if he violates something. For example: you went outside the permitted zone, the battery runs out, the GPS signal disappears... the device immediately “beeps” and reports on the screen the reason for the violation.

This is the monitoring console. There are two of them in the region - in Rivne and Kuznetsovsk.
Green indicates the permitted path for the prisoner to move. If he goes beyond these limits, an alarm is triggered on the remote control, and his further movement is displayed in red. The alarm also goes off if the bracelet or mobile device is damaged, or if the prisoner removes the bracelet.
The control panel is always monitored by an inspector on duty. When an alarm goes off, the first thing the duty officer should do is call the suspect and ask about the reasons for the violation. If the offender does not respond, the police are immediately sent to him.
This is the whole kit.
Its cost is 14 thousand hryvnia. There are 17 of them in total in the region. Today, 5 are free. 10 are under arrest, and 2 more were damaged by violators and sent for repairs.
“An electronic means of control is not handcuffs that chain a person,” says Nikolai Minko. — This bracelet provides for monitoring a person at their place of stay. The preventive measure for the suspect is determined by the court. If the judge decides to apply house arrest, then the possibility and advisability of using a bracelet is taken into account. That is, the device is not worn by everyone who is under house arrest. Since July this year, it has been worn by 21 people. Today there are ten such people.
Police say that the preventive measure “house arrest” is chosen mainly for non-serious crimes, for example, petty theft. True, there was a case when the court chose such a measure for a suspect in an accident.

The bracelet is customized individually for each person. The judge indicates in the ruling for what period of time the prisoner can leave the house or prohibits leaving the house at all.
“Since we started using these bracelets, we have had three violators,” says Nikolai Minko. — One suspect cut the bracelet with scissors and damaged the mobile device. The alarm went off, he was immediately detained and a motion was made to change the preventive measure. Another man deliberately removed the bracelet. And another prisoner could leave the house for a limited time - he went to work. One day he got drunk and didn't come back on time. And I lost my mobile device (district inspectors found the device after three whole days - author).
The court changed the measure of restraint for all three violators and they were placed in a pre-trial detention center.

In Russia, in 2010, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered changes to the penal system to humanize the punishment system. This allowed the FSIN not to deprive convicts of their freedom, but to offer an alternative type of punishment: restriction of movement. For this purpose, complexes consisting of an electronic bracelet and a tracking device are used. Data from them is transferred to the FSIN servers. Decriminalization of some criminal articles, overcrowding of prisons and pre-trial detention centers will lead to the fact that the number of people who can be corrected without imprisonment will increase significantly in the near future.

Correction without conclusion

Despite the reduction in the crime rate in the country since 2005, by 2010 the number of people sentenced to imprisonment increased by more than 115 thousand people, or by 18.6%. As of January 1, 2010, 864 thousand people were kept in institutions of the penal system. In some regions, there was a shortage of places in pre-trial detention centers and correctional institutions. The pace of construction and reconstruction of such institutions and detention centers did not correspond to the growth rate of the number of convicted persons. The established limits on the number of prisoners in some institutions were exceeded by up to 40%. Overcrowding of institutions leads to a general deterioration in the conditions of detention of suspects and accused of committing crimes, to an increase in cases of illness, and to additional burden on the staff of the Federal Penitentiary Service.

To reduce the burden on institutions, the Federal Penitentiary Service conducted an experiment on the use of electronic bracelets under the European Union program. In 2010, the department celebrated the successful completion of the experiment. At the same time, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered changes to be made to the penal system to humanize the punishment system. Experts note that offenders who are held in custody emerge morally and physically crippled. Due to the fact that they have problems with rehabilitation in society, many take the path of relapse. Also, one of the most important tasks outlined in the concept of development of the criminal correctional system of Russia until 2020 was the expansion of the use of punishments and measures that are not related to imprisonment. In other words, the task of the state is to ensure that people whose correction is possible without imprisonment do not end up behind bars.

In November 2011, 10.7 thousand people were sentenced to restriction of freedom, of which 442 used electronic bracelets that track movement. By January 2012, 1.4 thousand convicts were equipped with tracking devices.

Some manufacturers of bracelets for the Federal Penitentiary Service

When using alternative types punishment The Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia interacts with domestic developers and manufacturers of special equipment. Thus, the Main Center for Engineering and Technical Support of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia published technical conditions, according to which the development of electronic monitoring equipment was carried out.

The Intelligent Systems and Technologies company has developed a lightweight silicone bracelet that is completely sealed (protection level IP67). Inside the bracelet there is: a conductive sensor for breaking and opening the belt, a printed circuit board with a radio module and battery power. The bracelet comes with a belt latch to start tracking the bracelet. The range of the bracelet outdoors is up to 80 meters.

The base station monitors prisoners wearing electronic bracelets within a given perimeter. One base station allows you to monitor 128 bracelets using GPRS technology.

The company “Corporation – IT”, commissioned by the Federal Penitentiary Service, produces equipment for electronic monitoring of individual objects using the GLONASS/GPS system. Thus, the AT-Perimeter AT-Braslet equipment complex is designed to control the presence of a person in a given area of ​​​​space. Controlled radius – from 5 to 100 meters.

How does the system work?

In 2011, an electronic monitoring system for controlled persons (SAMPL) was created to track persons who were restricted in their freedom of movement and who used electronic bracelets. SAMPLE is a complex of electronic devices, which includes an electronic bracelet and control devices. The complex allows you to track all movements of the convicted person within the city of residence. The control devices were developed by Russian designers, and the experience of Great Britain was taken as the basis for the functioning of the system.

Information about all movements is transmitted to the server and computers of the Federal Penitentiary Service using tracking devices. Tracking devices are divided into two types: stationary and mobile. A stationary device is installed at the place of residence of the convicted person and requires periodic recharging. The transmitter battery life is 3 years. This device records the time of entry and exit from the premises. The range reaches 50 meters.

The continuous tracking device consists of a wristband transmitter, a portable GPS tracking device and a signal amplifier for indoor use. The bracelet is fixed on the convict's leg after measuring the ankle. The strap is adjusted so that there is room for the sock. A special tool compresses the clasp of a lock equipped with special contacts. Each bracelet has a unique number, which is assigned to a specific convict.

The inspector will receive a notification if the convicted person goes beyond the permitted territory. A repeated violation serves as a reason to transfer the materials to the court, which may consider replacing the restriction of liberty with imprisonment. Mobile device The tracking device must be within a radius of five meters from the bracelet, otherwise the signal will disappear. If the signal disappears, a response service will be sent to the scene.

It is possible to remove the sensor yourself without physically damaging the equipment, but in the event of a breakdown, the violator faces a fine of 100 thousand rubles. The bracelet is designed to operate at temperatures from 0 to 100 degrees Celsius. The device is sealed when immersed in fresh and salt water up to five meters deep for 15 minutes.

The range of this device is practically unlimited. The court itself orders restrictions on movement. For some convicted persons, the court orders restriction of movement within a specific municipality for the entire term of their sentence, for others - during specified hours, mainly at night, for others, they are prohibited from approaching objects from the list (for example, schools, kindergartens, places of residence of specific people, etc.) . SAMPLE operators, taking into account the court decision, independently establish boundaries that the convicted person has no right to cross. Besides, in special program FSIN employees can set prohibited and permitted visiting areas.

In February 2015, the Federal Penitentiary Service began replacing old bracelets with new ones. The upgraded transmitters can last on a single battery for seven years, not three, as was the case before. Replacement with new transmitters will be made as the old batteries fail. The design of the belt fastening and bracelet lock has undergone changes, which eliminated the possibility of false triggering of the device integrity sensor.

SAMPLE uses detailed maps of cities and regions, supports map services of famous search engines, GLONASS system. All information is sent to the monitoring server - a hardware and software complex designed to ensure the operation of the remote identification system, receiving, processing, storing and transmitting information. Information is processed and displayed using a stationary monitoring console.

SAMPL provides supervision over convicts by collecting, accumulating, processing, storing and providing criminal correctional inspections with information on compliance by persons under control with restrictive measures and data on their location.

The use of SAMPL allows reducing the burden on employees of criminal correctional inspections. Previously, in order to control persons whose freedom of movement was limited by law, FSIN employees had to use vehicles to visit convicts. However, fuel costs and the inability to monitor the prisoner's location at any time were significant disadvantages. Their elimination made it possible to increase the efficiency of the FSIN.

Overcrowding in prisons and pre-trial detention centers and the humanization of the penal system will lead to the fact that the number of people who, instead of real imprisonment, received such a preventive measure as restriction of movement in Russia will only grow. This is due not only to the planned decriminalization of the articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Battery” and “Failure to pay alimony” (the violator can commit this crime once and will be subject to administrative punishment), but also the mitigation of punishment for persons who have committed petty thefts (amounts up to 5 thousand rubles). It is planned not to deprive the latter of their freedom, but to limit it with the help of the latest technologies.