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

October 11, 2026 · 11:01 pm 1 sources

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• Failure to fit tags left 5,000 offenders unmonitored in England and Wales, report finds
  The Guardian · October 11, 2026 23:01
  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, while 1,600 tags had no signal for more than two…