Your opinion can help us make it better. We use cookies to improve our service for you. You can find more information in our data protection declaration. Electronic ankle bracelets are not just devices worn around your ankles. They're part of a complex system for monitoring the behavior of suspects or offenders - who have to comply for the system to work.
The discussion is getting pretty heated, but it's important to keep some basic truths in mind about what such a system can and cannot do: "Offender tracking systems" are useful to support offenders who actually want to reintegrate into society. They can also serve to spare an accused suspect investigative jail time or to enable sentenced prisoners on work release programs to go to work during the day.
Some prisoners may also serve their sentence in house arrest wearing an ankle bracelet. A precondition for the successful use of "offender tracking" is that the offender in question actively supports the program and has no reason or incentive to flee. It must be clear to the participant that the ankle bracelet - or another less intrusive monitoring method - is the lesser evil compared to spending time in prison.
Ankle bracelets cannot prevent determined violent offenders from committing a crime. Criminals who are planning to flee and go into hiding will be able to do so. The bracelet can easily be removed with a strong pair of scissors. And if someone plans a suicide attack, an offender tracking system isn't going to stop him, anyway. Offender tracking was first introduced in the US. Some states in Germany agreed to jointly implement the system five years ago.
A central computer collects data from the monitoring devices. So far, the program only includes sentenced offenders on work-release programs or on probation, and accused suspects who are awaiting trial.
But not all of these people are actually wearing an ankle bracelet monitoring their movements. Previous article Developer wants city to endorse more homes at Shamrock. Next article Legal Notices, Thursday, February 4, Another jailer assaulted by inmate. Early morning traffic stop results in firearms charges against driver.
Must Read. January 13, Graham city council members outlined several additional advisory committees they want to consider establishing, with one member also proposing one possible consolidation of a In the United States, electronic bracelets are widely used and aimed primarily at those who pose the greatest risk to the public, including sex offenders.
A Correctional Service of Canada spokesperson said there are currently 25 Ontario offenders being monitored under the pilot program. The agency says the whole project is under review. Canada Electronic anklet trial a 'disaster' A corrections expert says a pilot project to outfit parolees with electronic anklets in hopes of tracking them and deterring crimes has been a costly failure. Social Sharing. History of electronic monitoring: s: American psychologist Dr.
Minister for Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs Leanne Linard said the government was committed to giving courts the tools needed to protect the community, but magistrates ultimately made decisions about which measures to apply. In four months, former police commissioner Bob Atkinson will review the 'progress of implementation and key issues impacting on the delivery' of the trial.
There has been a decrease in youth crime in Townsville after a surge in property offences and juvenile crime in May. Townsville Police have said other amendments to the Youth Justice Act have been successful in helping to hold repeat young offenders to account. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work.
Key points: The ankle bracelets have been available as a bail condition since May Just three teenagers have been considered for a tracking device Experts say the technology only works in some areas.
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