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Introduction: The French penitentiary department will be participating in an interdepartmental working group in early January 2020. For the discussions in this group they would need information on Facial Recognition Systems used in Europe. Due to the urgency of the request, please note that the deadline for answering is shorter than usual.
No
The Latvian Prison Administration currently does not use Facial Recognition System.
We never use a Facial Recognition System.
No
(Northern Ireland Prison Service) NIPS do not use facial recognition.
No.
Facial Recognition System (i.e. a technology used for identification or authentication) is not used in penitentiary institutions od Republic of Croatia.
At present the Catalan prison services do not have experience in using a Facial Recognition System. Currently in prison establishments, the Fingerprint Biometric System is the one used for identification purposes.
No
Swedish Prison Service has no experience of Facial Recognition Ststem.
Between December 2018 to January 2019, Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) conducted a trial to establish whether biometric technology could enhance the process for verifying the identify of visitors to prisons. The existing method for visitor identification and verification in prisons across England and Wales is complex, time consuming, and can be subject to abuse by falsifying a person’s identity. The trial tested three different solutions in three prisons – Facewatch, a facial recognition and scanning solution was tested in HMP Humber; GBG ID Scan, a scanning and verification of official photographic ID solution was tested in HMP Hull; and Tascent, a facial and iris recognition and scanning solution was tested in HMP Lindholme. The trial proved to be successful as all three solutions demonstrated that they were reliable, fast and had the capability to record and verify a person’s identity. HMPPS are likely to be embarking on a procurement process over the next 12 to 18 months to secure a biometric solution for prisons in England and Wales.
So far, the Corps of Prison and Court Guard has no experience and has not been using any facial recognition systems. For the future, we are considering the implementation of such system. As first we plan to apply one scanning station in every prison that will supply biometric data to the central information system (prisons will be equipped with a transition station that will record movement of inmates outside prisons). As a next step, it is considered to extend this system to all spaces of prisons covered by camera system.
The Scottish Prison Service does not use any facial recognition technology in any of its prisons.
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In Slovenian prison system we have not yet introduced any technology used for facial identification.
No