Unlike most of the countries in the world, the heads of the government have left the cost of using electronic shackles on the prisoners, and in this way, the government has provided a platform for extortion from the prisoners.
Before the invention of electronic shackles imprisonment or house arrest was a form of punishment by the governing body. In this punishment, a person imprisoned in his home or place of residence and not allowed to leave that place. Expression of opinion and any communication with the outside also controlled by agents. This punishment was actually another type of prison where the government leaders locked the person in a place without legal process, instead of transferring the person to prison, which required going through legal procedures such as trial.
With the advancement of science, electronic handcuffs invented, the purpose of which was to detect the location of the imprisoned person now and outside the prison. This invention was mostly for teenagers who committed crimes and going to prison could pave the way for them to commit more crimes.
Paying for electronic shackles by prisoners
Unlike all the countries of the world, the heads of the government have put the cost of using this device on the prisoners, and in this way, the government has provided a platform for extortion from the prisoners.
According to the authorities of the Prisons Organization, the cost of installing and maintaining the shackles should paid by prisoners. A political activist described electronic shackles as a shameless means of the regime to control prisoners, which people must bring to their homes at double cost.
The prisoner must pay an amount of more than 5 million Tomans (Iran’s currency) at the beginning of the bond and deposit between 500 and 1 million Tomans to the account of the prison organization. This is even though in other countries of the world, the cost of binding paid by the prison organization and only a small amount is collected from the prisoners.
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