Senate Approves Immediate Ankle Monitors to Shield Women at Risk

Overview

• Judges may impose electronic monitoring as an autonomous protective measure when risk is identified, with delegates authorized to apply it in towns without a comarca for judicial review within 24 hours.
• Monitoring establishes real-time exclusion zones and sends automatic, simultaneous alerts to the victim and the nearest police unit if the aggressor violates the perimeter.
• Victims are to receive a dedicated alert device, and monitoring is prioritized where protective orders were previously breached or where there is imminent risk, with judges required to justify refusals.
• Penalties are toughened with a new aggravating factor that raises sentences by one-third to one-half for violating exclusion areas or tampering with the device, and at least 6% of FNSP funds must finance the equipment and support.
• A complementary Chamber initiative approved by the CCJ mandates preventive detention when protective measures are breached and updates the Penal Execution Law to set monitored-person duties and classify intentional violations as a grave infraction.