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or restricted, but we know that an offender can easily be identified and punished.
We are well advanced towards the implementation of this system, which we consider extremely
important, and we are sure that in the next CIBRA we will be in a position to describe that
implementation.
We are also working hard on the introduction of biometric stations for prisoner registration. As
in all of these developments, we are moving forward in stages, but there is no doubt that this
initiative will be extremely useful, not just for the permanent verification of a prisoner’s identity
and the ability to locate him, but also in relation to a very ambitious project being tackled by
all national authorities, namely the national biometric network, which the SPF, along with the
National Reoffenders Register, will be among the first to join.
Another of the things we are addressing, and which is in an advanced stage of design, is the system
of virtual visiting. For a number of years, and especially with the arrival of the phenomenon
known as globalisation, the number of foreign nationals in our prisons has grown significantly.
A moment ago I was talking about the difficulties of achieving a prisoner’s reintegration into
society. That reintegration is much more difficult when a prisoner loses the link with his or her
family.
That is why the SPF is working tirelessly to help prisoners maintain and even strengthen their
family ties. Without those ties, reintegration is almost impossible.
We are therefore designing a system to help both foreign prisoners and those from this country
whose families live at a distance. In all SPF facilities, we will have a biometric virtual visiting room
in which, once enrolled, the prisoner and the visitor can have a virtual visit in high quality audio
and video and thereby share time together in a way which distance and cost would otherwise
prevent, or at least allow only infrequently. In the case of foreign prisoners, responsibility for
verifying the identity of the virtual visitor will rest with the local consulate or embassy.
Our institution is, with a lot of government support, introducing revolutionary changes. We are
without doubt the most advanced institution, in terms of biometrics, in the country, if not in
the region.
I should therefore make reference to the most ambitious and revolutionary project undertaken
in relation to the prison system in recent years.
Information technology cannot be ignored and is something we must live with and learn to take
advantage of to ensure improved management of governmental processes. Its progress in every
aspect of society - work, security, government, higher education and business - is undeniable.
It increases our physical and mental capacity, as well as the possibilities for social and digital
inclusion and development. Not to include technology in the changes we are proposing would
be to exclude the potential benefits to the state and to society as a whole.
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