PK said:
What's got me curious though is this line? What's an eletronic tag? :?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3397113.stm
The Home Office has announced changes to the way some prisoners are selected for electronic tagging, following an application for early release by Maxine Carr. BBC News Online explains the scheme.
What is the Home Detention Curfew scheme?
The scheme allows prisoners to be released early from prison so long as they fulfil certain criteria and are tagged and monitored for the rest of their sentence.
Who is eligible?
Most offenders sentenced to at least three months but less than four years are eligible for release up to 60 days early under the scheme.
They must pass a risk assessment and have a suitable address.
The assessment involves looking at the risk of reoffending and how likely the prisoner is to comply with the curfew.
Sex offenders can be placed on the scheme if the probation service feels that the offender's circumstances make tagging appropriate. Factors include the degree of supervision and whether the prisoner is at his or her home address and the pattern of previous offending.
Who chooses who can be electronically tagged?
The court can select an offender for tagging instead of going to prison on the basis of a probation officer's report.
Offenders already in jail are selected for tagging by the prison governor, on behalf of the Home Secretary.
However, after the application by Carr, who was convicted of conspiring to pervert the course of justice following the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman by her former boyfriend, Ian Huntley, the Home Office announced changes.
It said the final decision to release and tag prisoners would be taken out of governors' hands in certain cases.
What kind of equipment is used?
The offender wears an electronic transmitter around their ankle, while a receiver is connected to a landline phone in their house or linked to mobile phone technology.
The transmitter sends signals to the receiver at regular intervals and these are sent on to a central monitoring computer.
If the transmitter goes out of range of the receiver - usually outside the building - there is a break in the signal. The central computer generates a follow-up action.
The transmitter can be removed only by breaking its strap. This interferes with the fibre-optic circuitry inside the strap and is immediately registered as a tamper, also generating follow-up action.
Is this the only type of tagging?
No. There has been a voice verification pilot.
The offender is randomly prompted, at the location where they are supposed be, to phone the monitoring centre.
They are asked several computer-generated questions, the answers to which are then matched with a centrally stored "voice print" in order to confirm their identity.
Who monitors the released prisoner?
Private firms monitor the prisoners. They supply and install electronic monitoring equipment, monitor those on the programme and follow up violations. If an offender breaks the curfew, the monitoring firm will either return the offender to court or report the violation to authorities.
What conditions does the prisoner have to meet?
The prisoner is usually under curfew in their home for 12 hours, usually overnight. The minimum curfew is for nine hours.
What happens if they breach curfew?
They are recalled to prison.
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I can see it now, they call him in the middle of the game & he has to leave the field to phone in. :lol: