New technology proposed for prisons

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New technology proposed for prisons

Published: 4 Oct 2012 at 13.12
Online news: Crimes

A new combined technology given the label "MIXCIR" has been proposed for use in coping with the problem of drugs and mobile phones being smuggled into prisons and to control detainees.

The proposal was made to the Corrections Department by Ukrit Mongkolnavin, chairman of the Independent Committee for Promotion of the Rule of Law.

Mr Ukrit said MIXCIR could be introduced at all 140 prisons throughout the country.

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pquinlan
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Discussion 6 : 06 Oct 2012 at 09.096
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You would expect these systems to be bog-standard in any case, but as D1 says, the real issue is the quality of the personnel. Fix that and you will fix many problems without necessarily having a big capital budget. Of course, if your real purpose is to have a big capital budget, then ... ...
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Discussion 5 : 04 Oct 2012 at 23.475
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Is this system made by the same guy that made the bomb detectors? :
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victor Careford

Discussion 4 : 04 Oct 2012 at 16.444
Um, someone always comes up with an expensive solution to a problem in Thailand. I wonder how much this is going to cost the tax payer and how much 'tea money' is going to be paid by how many people?
I see it now: an expensive purchase, with it not working and then complete failure! But, of course, this will be nobody's fault.
from iPhone application.
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Discussion 3 : 04 Oct 2012 at 14.143
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This government only knows how to spend the taxpayers' money but does not know how to make the country prosper. Do we need them?
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Discussion 2 : 04 Oct 2012 at 14.142
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"However, the installation of MIXCIR technology would come at considerable cost and speccially trained personnel would be needed to run it."
The end of the rainbow! There are no shortcuts to solving the problems of prisons, which are overpopulated and understaffed. France has gone the route of using advanced technology in prisons, resulting in greater levels of Frankenstein enefectiveness and inhumanity.
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Discussion 1 : 04 Oct 2012 at 13.251
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How about just having better trained staff that do their job diligently .. all the hardware in the world doesn't mean anything if the people running it aren't doing what they are supposed to do.
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