Fuqing City Bureau of Justice in Fujian Province, China, has renewed its partnership with REFINE Technology to continue deploying CO-EYE GPS ankle monitors for community corrections supervision. The renewal — covering the city’s entire caseload of offenders serving community sentences — marks a multi-year commitment to electronic monitoring as a cornerstone of Fuqing’s public safety infrastructure.
What Does This Renewal Mean for Fuqing’s Community Corrections Program?
The contract renewal ensures uninterrupted GPS-based supervision for all offenders under community corrections sentences in Fuqing City. Since the initial deployment, REFINE Technology’s CO-EYE system has provided 24/7 real-time location monitoring, geofence enforcement, and tamper detection — enabling judicial officers to manage large caseloads while maintaining public safety.
Fuqing City — a county-level city under Fuzhou Municipality in Fujian Province with a population exceeding 1.3 million — manages one of the largest community corrections caseloads in the region. The Bureau of Justice oversees hundreds of offenders sentenced to community supervision, including those convicted of non-violent offenses, on parole, on medical bail, or serving suspended sentences — categories defined under China’s Community Corrections Law (2020), which formalized electronic monitoring as an authorized supervision tool nationwide.
How Does the GPS Ankle Monitor Enrollment Process Work?
The renewal includes a complete re-enrollment cycle, during which all active community corrections offenders report to designated judicial offices for device fitting. Officers follow a standardized protocol: identity verification, sentencing condition review, device assignment, and immediate activation on the CO-EYE monitoring platform.
Each device is configured with individualized monitoring parameters — including curfew schedules, exclusion zones (schools, victim residences), and inclusion zones (approved work sites, residential addresses). The CO-EYE ONE’s 3-second tool-free snap-on installation allows officers to process each offender rapidly, reducing enrollment session times from days to hours for the entire caseload.
Why Did Fuqing Choose to Renew Rather Than Switch Vendors?
According to officials involved in the procurement decision, the renewal was driven by three operational outcomes from the initial contract period:
- Zero unauthorized removals: Not a single offender successfully tampered with or removed the device undetected during the entire contract period — the fiber-optic tamper detection system maintained its zero false alarm record.
- Reduced violation response times: Geofence alerts reached officers within seconds of boundary crossings, enabling immediate response to curfew violations and exclusion zone entries.
- Manageable officer workload: The extended battery life (7-day LTE standalone mode) eliminated the daily charging compliance burden that plagues programs using legacy devices — officers no longer waste hours chasing low-battery alerts.
Compliance Enforcement: The Warning Conference Model
As part of the renewed program, Fuqing’s Bureau of Justice conducts periodic violation warning conferences — centralized sessions where offenders who have committed monitoring violations (curfew breaches, unauthorized travel, device neglect) are formally warned and sanctioned. This approach combines graduated sanctions with public accountability, reinforcing program compliance across the caseload.
The conference format — displayed on the banner as “福清市司法局社区服刑人员违规违法行为集中处理警示大会” (Fuqing City Bureau of Justice Community Corrections Offender Violation Centralized Processing Warning Conference) — demonstrates the integration of electronic monitoring data with judicial enforcement. GPS records provide incontrovertible evidence of violations, removing subjective disputes from compliance hearings. This data-driven approach aligns with the Ministry of Justice‘s directive to standardize evidence-based supervision across all provinces.
Deployment Scale and Operational Impact
The Fuqing deployment represents one of several municipal-level CO-EYE implementations across China’s community corrections system. Key operational metrics from the program:
| Jurisdiction | Fuqing City, Fujian Province, China |
| Program Type | Community Corrections (社区矫正) |
| Covered Population | All active community corrections offenders |
| Device | CO-EYE ONE GPS Ankle Monitor (one-piece, 108g) |
| Platform | CO-EYE Monitoring Software (on-premise deployment) |
| Contract Status | Renewed (multi-year continuation) |
| Tamper Events | Zero unauthorized removals during initial contract |
This deployment contributes to REFINE Technology’s total of 200,000+ devices deployed across 30+ countries, with China representing the company’s home market where it serves as the exclusive electronic monitoring supplier for top-tier security agencies.
About REFINE Technology (CO-EYE)
REFINE Technology is the leading electronic monitoring solutions provider in China with over 16 years of experience in the criminal justice industry. As the exclusive supplier for top security agencies, REFINE Technology has deployed 200,000+ devices across 30+ countries, monitoring 130,000+ individuals. The CO-EYE product line — featuring the next-generation all-in-one GPS ankle monitor, BLE wristbands, RF home beacons, and a unified monitoring platform — delivers high-security, low-stigma supervision for high-risk, mid-risk, and low-risk offender monitoring and victim protection. All CO-EYE devices carry full European NB CE directives (RED/Cybersecurity/LVD/SAR) and FCC certifications, with IP68 waterproof and REACH/RoHS/WEEE compliance. CO-EYE solutions are trusted in the USA, Europe, Africa, Bhutan, Papua New Guinea, Dominican Republic, Armenia, and expanding globally.
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