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identification details of prisoners, fingerprints, amounts of time remaining to be served, and
the dissemination of information, the Directorate-General of Prisons has entered into an
inter-institutional cooperation agreement to implement the prison information system, with
the aim of developing a computerized prison information system that will store up-to-date
data within a framework of respect for human rights (annex 26).
70.
Such a computerized system is the most suitable for prison operations because, in
addition to storing information concerning prisoners and the legal status of criminal
proceedings, it contains folders holding social, family-related, psychological and workrelated information on prisoners, which will ensure that they are dealt with
comprehensively.
71.
The establishment of the computerized system of records will take place in three
stages: 1. Pilot trial at the Women’s Orientation Centre in Obrajes and the Qalauma
Rehabiliation Centre for Young Offenders, with the development of legal filiation and
permanent release modules. 2. Development of the remaining modules in accordance with
the model in Qalauma and the launch of the computerized system of records in three
departments (La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz). 3. Extension of the computerized
system nationwide.
72.
The implementation of this Bolivian prison information system (SIPENBOL) has
currently reached stage 1, which involves registration, testing and validation, implementing
the network and server infrastructure in operation and taking the appropriate steps to
safeguard access to, and the security of, the system following the configuration of the
servers in the Obrajes and San Pedro prisons. Connection tests carried out at the Obrajes
facility were satisfactory and demonstrate that the virtual private network is working.
Following the introduction of modifications to the system by the TUTATOR foundation, a
modified version of the computerized Bolivian prison information system (SIPENBOL) has
been installed on the server of the Directorate-General of Prisons.
73.
Police officers responsible for registering persons deprived of liberty when they
enter prison have been allocated new computer equipment (a PC equipped with screen and
keyboard, biometric access and webcam). Subsequently, prisoner registration will be
initiated at Miraflores prison and the computerized SIPENBOL system will continue to be
implemented until the third and final stage has been reached. In accordance with the various
stages of implementation of the computerized system, staff will be given the equipment
required to achieve the desired goals.
74.
In this regard, the Ministry of the Interior, within the framework of measures taken
to enhance cooperation and coordination between public bodies, entered into an agreement
with the Supreme Court of Justice on 10 February 2017 to combine the computerized
systems of the Bolivian prison information system (SIPENBOL) and the Supreme Court of
Justice (TULLIANUS). This is useful as the latter system registers legal proceedings
relating to general trials as well as criminal trials involving detainees (records are
documented as the computerized system shows all the various proceedings, including
warrants issued by the judiciary), allowing information to be consulted and compared
online and in real time. The transfer of electronic data will be completed on 31 December
2017. Currently, the Supreme Court of Justice has instructed judges and junior staff to
maintain up-to-date records of all proceedings involving detainees (see annex 27).
75.
A joint or inter-institutional unit will be set up with the aim of establishing a
database that can be continually updated and that contains prisoners’ personal details and
the status of their proceedings. In addition, a specialized commission is to be created made
up of representatives of the judiciary, the Public Prosecution Service and the Ombudsman
to analyze each and every case involving persons deprived of liberty, in order to identify
those that need to be given priority for reasons of age or gender, or where it might be
possible to apply alternative measures to pretrial detention or one of the progressive
measures established in accordance with Act No. 2298 (see annex 28).
76.
Manual registration has been introduced (in accordance with one of the
recommendations made by the Subcommittee in its first report) and a computerized prison
system of records is being developed (which is expected to be completed by the end of
2018). By 31 December 2017, all details on proceedings concerning persons deprived of
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