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Monday, June 13, 2005
RFID tags for prisoners coming to Asia
Anywhere you go in Tokyo, Seoul or Singapore, the proliferation of personal technology is hard to miss.
And now convicts in these countries won't feel left out. NEC has signed a letter of intent to resell RFID identification and tracking system for prisons from Alanco in Asia. The agreement is non-exclusive in Japan but exclusive in other, unidentified, Asian markets. A definitive agreement, worth several million, will be signed in the next thirty days, said Alanco.
With the Alanco system, prisoners, or "uncooperative users" in Alanco parlance, wear RFID bracelets surrounded by a multitude of readers. As a result, their movements can be tracked. In U.S. prisons where it's been installed, Alanco TSI Prism system has reduced inmate violence. What Yakuza member could object?
"Inmates know they are being monitored and know they will get caught. The word spreads very quickly," said Alanco exec Greg Oester last year.
AC: More on RFID, and how it is going to change our lives,er i mean our prisoner's lives..Can you imagine this happening in Tihar Jail or one of those hard core jails in Bihar? I say, why limit this to only jails, why not have it in all of Bihar? It's the same ain't it?
How about embedding these RFID chips in captured militants and then when our distinguished Govt sets them free (ala Kandahar), you will atleast be able to prove their cross-border connection???
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