Monitoring of convicts in Mexico

Problem

Annually, Mexico spends about $1 billion on prisoners. The occupancy rate of Mexican prisons is 97%, and in some states, this figure rises to 150-300%. In these conditions, there is a need to reduce the cost of the penal system by implementing home detention practice while maintaining round-the-clock control over convicts.

Solution

Lertek, the Gurtam partner GPS company from Mexico, proposed a solution for remote prisoners tracking to the authorities of Nuevo León state, with the following components included: Wialon Hosting + Gosafe G737 (a home beacon, an ankle bracelet with an RFID tag, and LBS as secondary location source).

• The convict receives an electronic tracker bracelet with an RFID tag.
• A stationary base is installed in the convict’s home.
• The bracelet determines the location of the convict using GPS and communication service providers outside the house.
• The stationary base reads the RFID tag from the tracker and helps to understand that a person on home detention does not leave the specified territory.
• If the convict tries to remove or damage the bracelet, the system will immediately notify the controlling body.
• To track the convicts who are allowed to leave home for a certain distance, geofences are created in GPS tracking platform Wialon.