Failure to fit tags left 5,000 offenders unmonitored in England and Wales, report finds

In first half of this year 1,600 tags also had no signal for over two weeks, highlighting scale of probation crisis More than 5,000 offenders went unmonitored in the first half of the year because probation staff failed to install electronic tags…
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RegionsUnited Kingdom
Published3 h ago (Sun, 11 Oct 2026 23:01:38 GMT)
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AuthorJessica Murray Social affairs correspondent