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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago
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Ministers announce huge expansion of electronic tagging in England and Wales

England and Wales will implement the largest electronic tagging expansion in British history, tracking tens of thousands of released offenders in real time while focusing intensive supervision on high-risk criminals.
fromIndependent
2 days ago
UK politics

Minister's plan for electronic tagging of prisoners faces fresh delays

Electronic tagging implementation for prisoners has been delayed due to no viable tender responses, marking another setback to Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan's rollout plans.
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Ministers announce huge expansion of electronic tagging in England and Wales

England and Wales will implement the largest electronic tagging expansion in British history, tracking tens of thousands of released offenders in real time while focusing intensive supervision on high-risk criminals.
UK politics
fromIndependent
2 days ago

Minister's plan for electronic tagging of prisoners faces fresh delays

Electronic tagging implementation for prisoners has been delayed due to no viable tender responses, marking another setback to Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan's rollout plans.
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fromIndependent
2 months ago

Still no electronic tagging of prisoners despite 2007 law paving the way

The Justice Minister failed to implement electronic tagging for certain prisoners by the promised year-end.
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fromwww.bbc.com
3 months ago

Court backlog needs 'urgent action' says Met chief

About 30% of offenders who should be electronically tagged were not, tag breaches occur weekly, courts often default to bail, and public confidence has fallen.
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 months ago

Probation is in perpetual crisis. How can it cope with prison reforms?

Mass expansion of electronic tagging risks failure because the understaffed, poorly performing Probation Service lacks trained officers and adequate frontline funding.
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

The Guardian view on criminal justice reform: community sentencing can't be done on the cheap | Editorial

Serious violent crime in England and Wales should be expected to rise unless urgent steps are taken to boost the probation service. That is the alarming warning from Martin Jones, HM chief inspector of probation. He estimates that 100,000 offenders on probation are currently not being properly managed. This overstretched service cannot be expected to manage the increased workload that will follow from sentencing reforms.
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