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Electronic monitoring implemented in Latvia with Norway Grants
The Latvian State Probation Service (SPS) just finished their project “Increasing the Application of Alternatives to Imprisonment” funded by Norwegian Grants. The aim of the project was to implement electronic monitoring in Latvia.
It was implemented from the 3rd of June 2013 until the 30th of April 2017. This is the largest development project in the history of the SPS.
Click here to read the report on the Latvian electronic monitoring project.
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