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Using Electronic Monitoring to Reduce Inequality

in the Money Bail System:

The Thailand Experience*

Dr.Supakit Yampracha**

Abstract

Like the U.S., Thailandûs cash bail system exacts a heavy toll on the

poor, while wealthy offenders buy their way out of custody. The Thai judiciary

recently concluded an experiment in which they sought to address this
inherent inequity by offering individuals charged of certain crimes with the

option of GPS monitoring instead of cash bail. Drawing from the firsthand

experience of the author as the executive of the office that planned and

operated the project, this article describes how the EM bail project in Thailand

was planned and implemented, and addresses issues with educating judges,
with equipment performance, and with measuring outcomes. Its conclusion:

when judges are on board and equipment is properly understood, installed,

and maintained, EM can indeed contribute to a significantly fairer and

* First published in Journal of Offender Monitoring, Volume 31, Number 01, Spring/Summer
2018 , pp.12-16(5)
** Dr. Supakit Yampracha, LL.M. (Criminal Law) M.A. (Criminal Justice) Ph.D. (Law) is Deputy

Secretary-General of the Office of the Judiciary, Thailand.

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