There are many countries around the world where it is not safe to go. In some of these countries, terrorists are in power, while in others, looting and murder are common due to poverty and hunger. In such a situation, the police also have to be very vigilant. But do you know about any country where there are neither any criminals nor any jails? You must be surprised to hear that is there really any place or country on earth where crime does not happen? Let us tell you that there is one such country in Europe. This country is also famous in the Olympics. Till the time of writing this news, it has won a total of 19 medals in the Olympics, out of which 8 are gold medals.
Now you must be wondering what is the name of that country? Let us tell you that this country is Netherlands, where there are no criminals. In the year 2013, there used to be 19 prisoners here, but by 2018 the jails became deserted. In such a situation, this European country had decided to close its jails soon as a result of the decrease in the crime rate. But a problem started coming in this too. That is, what will happen to the employees working in the jail? According to a report published in 2016 by Telegraph UK, the Dutch Ministry of Justice suggested that the total crime rate would fall by 0.9 percent per year in the next five years. In such a situation, it is appropriate to close the jails.
But then questions also started coming up that closing the prisons would mean that about 2 thousand people would lose their jobs. Only 700 of them can be transferred to other government roles. In 2018, the issue of empty prisons reached such an extent that in 2017, the Netherlands had to bring prisoners from Norway to keep its prisons full and the system running. Although there are still prisons in the Netherlands, the number of prisoners is very less. Mostly prisoners from foreign countries are lodged in them. Ankle monitoring system is used to monitor them. At the same time, people serving sentences are given the opportunity to read and write and work in the open.
What is ankle monitoring system?
An ankle monitoring system is a device that people under house arrest or prisoners in jails must wear at all times. Through this, prisoners have to stay within a certain limit. If they try to go out, the radio frequency signal in the ankle monitoring system immediately informs the police. Not only this, ankle monitoring system has been able to reduce the rate of recidivism by convicted criminals by more than half as compared to traditional imprisonment in the country. So instead of making prisoners sit all day, they are asked to work and can be brought back into the system.
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first published : August 7, 2024, 10:08 IST
