Brunei Prisons To Build OMS
The Borneo Bulletin reports that the Brunei Prisons Department is to build its own Offender Management System.
“The roles and functions of the Prisons Department are facing many challenges. Requirements and preparations therefore need to be readjusted,” said Prisons Superintendent Hj Md ‘Isamuddin Abdullah Juna, the Prisons Department’s Head of Public Relations and IT. “We also believe that technology plays an important role in redefining the correctional administration and can be utilised to reform inmates more effectively” … In line with the Brunei government’s vision of establishing an e-Government, the Prisons Department recently took steps to implement IT as an important organisational tool. An Inmate Management System (IMS) is being developed for the department and will be built from the ground up …
IMS is a new system for correctional institutions in Brunei, which will incorporate core correctional inmate management modules with the latest Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology in tracking inmates to achieve optimal security and effective penal administration … “It will also incorporate a live 24/7 tracking module for the inmates – a first in the Southeast Asian region. The system is designed to integrate all available data concerning inmates and their rehabilitation during imprisonment in the correctional facilities …
The system is also designed to interface at a later stage with other law enforcement agencies, such as the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Royal Brunei Police Force and the Narcotics Control Bureau, among others, which will improve interdepartmental communications and data-sharing in a virtual integrated justice system.
Currently, IMS is in the System Development Stage and estimated to be completely operational sometime in July this year.
Brunei, Electronic Monitoring, INTERNATIONAL, Offender Information, RFID