Don Muang District Court and the Department of Probation have signed an agreement aimed at reducing the workload of both parties by using information technology (IT) more effectively.
The court's chief justice Dusit Padungsak and department chief Kannikar Saengthong signed the agreement yesterday.
Department officers will no longer have to visit the court to manually transfer probation files because the information would now be transmitted electronically.
Don Muang is the first court to have adopted the time-saving strategy with the department, said Ms Kannikar.
A similar agreement could be made with other agencies such as the Royal Thai Police Office, the prosecution and the Corrections Department, she said.
The court would also provide a one-stop service for the public, making case information more accessible to them.
Meanwhile, the Department of Probation has ordered more than 3,000 electronic ankle bracelets for use by drug offenders.
A 70-million-baht budget has been set aside for procurement of the electronic tags.
Ms Kannikar said the electronic bracelets are expected to be delivered by the end of the year. The department had earlier used about 200 of them in a pilot project, but they were rented and had to be returned.
After they were deemed successful, the department placed orders for new bracelets.
They will be used in a bid to reduce overcrowding at prisons.
Those found guilty of minor offences and given a suspended jail term are required to do 24 hours of community service.
However, some convicted offenders — especially those on traffic-related charges — are often found to repeat the offence.
The authorities believe home detention would help with behavioural reform and deter criminals from re-offending.
The offenders will be made to wear the security bracelets during their home-detention period and will be barred from leaving their homes at specific times.
The devices would transmit information of the offenders' whereabouts to the Department of Probation.