There is already today a legal basis for electronic surveillance, but it is not done because Sis lacks practical prerequisites, says Minister for Social Services Camilla Waltersson Grönvall (The Moderate Party).
There is a lack of knowledge about technology, equipment, competence and structure for this.
The National Board of Institutional Care (Sis) is now given the task of investigating the prerequisites for increasing electronic surveillance. According to Waltersson Grönvall, an ankle cuff, a bracelet or a watch that can be tracked can reduce the risk of young people deviating from their placement or committing crimes.
Society cannot look away when crime is getting younger, she continues. The Minister also states that young people see electronic surveillance as protection against gangs that want to recruit them.
They say that if I have a GPS transmitter around my foot, the criminal networks will not be interested in me.
