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Prison at liberty

An evaluation

This first report describes a project employing electronic monitoring for those sentenced to a prison term of at least two years.

About the publication

Author
Eva Olkiewicz
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© Brottsförebyggande rådet 2003
urn:nbn:se:bra-140

About the study

In 2001 a pilot project was initiated employing electronic monitoring for those sentenced to a prison term of at least two years. They are given the opportunity to serve the final part of their sentence — up to a maximum of four months — outside prison under electronic monitoring, also known as the EM-release programme. The National Council for Crime Prevention has been commissioned by the government to evaluate this pilot project. This first report describes the project in relation to those who started an EM-release during the first eight months of the programme.