Ajman Police General Command, in cooperation with the Ajman Public Prosecution, applied a 100% telemedicine trial system for defendants in all criminal cases by 100%, in line with the state’s directives in the context of proactive preventive measures to limit the spread of the Crohna virus, in order to preserve public health and employee safety.
His Excellency Brigadier General Mubarak Khalfan Al-Razi, Director of the Punitive and Correctional Institution Administration, said that the remote trial system has been implemented by 100% starting from Sunday 22/03/2020, through a visual communication system between judges and accused accused in halls equipped with screens and muffler rooms in the institution's building Punishment and corrections facilitate the instant witnessing between the inmate and the court judges in criminal cases without the need to move to the court, and by this procedure the number of inmates deported to the courts to attend criminal trial sessions is reduced to zero.
His Excellency added that the remote trial system has conducted 200 cases for remote trials and orders to extend remand in custody since its launch at the end of 2018, and the system came within the procedures of Ajman Police and Ajman Prosecution College, the precautionary college to address the Corona virus and confront its spread, with the aim of upgrading technical communication systems in the penal and correctional institution, By applying the best advanced technical means, in a way that facilitates the possibility of conducting the trial sessions, to enhance business continuity in an environment that guarantees the protection of employees, inmates and litigants and ensures their safety.
The transition to a remote trial system also aims to alleviate inmates in the process of transferring them from the institution to the court and exposing them to road hazards, taking into account the health conditions of inmates, and reducing security breaches and risk, in addition to reducing the financial cost of transferring the inmate from the institution to the court, as is done Benefiting from the staff responsible for transporting inmates on other assignments.
His Excellency Tariq Al-Rashed, Attorney General of the Ajman Public Prosecution praised the efforts of the implementers of the initiative and the employees of the Information Technology Department in the Ajman Police and Prosecution, stressing that the UAE supports all efforts made to prevent and protect against the Corona virus and combat the spread of innovative initiatives that achieve progress for the UAE in the rule of law And the development of police and judicial services.
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