justice
Report finds probation tagging failures left offenders unmonitored
5,000people
People who should have been monitored but were not tagged between January and April
An Institute for Government report found that more than 5,000 people who should have been electronically monitored were not tagged between January and April, while nearly 1,600 tags failed to transmit signals for over two weeks. It also criticised wider probation capacity and supervision.
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- 5,000people
People who should have been monitored but were not tagged between January and April
“more than 5,000 people who should have been monitored were not tagged”
- 15%
People with an electronic tagging order who were not tagged between January and April
“equating to 15% of all people with an electronic tagging order”
- 1,600people
People wearing a tag that sent no signal to the monitoring system for more than two weeks
“Almost 1,600 people were wearing a tag that did not send a signal to the monitoring system for two weeks”