More than 50 dim-witted criminals have been charged over offences committed while wearing GPS tags fitted when they were originally released from prison, figures show.
The Government's tagging scheme, launched in April 2021, has reduced reoffending rates from 25 per cent to less than two per cent, data indicates.
'With one of these round their ankle, knowing that it is tracking their location, the data suggests that offenders are less likely to go back to their old ways,' he said. 'In fact, of more than 700,000 crimes, geolocation data is able to rule out tagged offenders in the overwhelming majority of cases, showing that they are tending to stay out of trouble.'
Among them was a thug who robbed a branch of McDonald's and mugged a woman in the street while tagged with a GPS tracker. The Government's tagging scheme, launched in April 2021, has reduced reoffending rates from 25 per cent to less than two per cent, data indicates
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