The Shadow System: Electronic Tagging's Hidden Risks The UK's push to expand electronic tagging as a solution to prison overcrowding has been met with warnings from the National Audit Office that this approach poses significant risks to public safety without adequate improvements to the system.
On the surface, it seems like a practical way to manage pressures on prisons – keeping offenders out of jail by monitoring them electronically instead.
However, beneath this façade lies a complex web of problems waiting to be exploited. One major concern is the lack of accountability in the system.