Electronic Tagging System Unprepared to Monitor Thousands of Early Release Prisoners, Watchdog Warns The government's push to release thousands of prisoners early from overcrowded prisons has exposed a critical weakness in the electronic tagging system: its inability to alert authorities to potential breaches of conditions.
HM inspector of probation Martin Jones warned that the rapid expansion of electronic monitoring has outpaced the development of effective support systems.
Jones highlighted the limitations of relying on police and probation officers to manually review individual cases and decide whether a breach warrants further investigation.