What is Electronic Monitoring?
Electronic monitoring is a range of technologies and associated services used to manage the location of community-based individuals by monitoring compliance with a curfew or by tracking their movement. The key benefits of electronic monitoring are:
- Cheaper than prison and reduces demand on prison places
- Restricts liberty
- Increases public protection
- Limits opportunities to offend
- Flexible allowing paid work to continue
- Clear evidence of compliance – 94% success rate in the UK
- Increase impact of rehabilitation programs
- Reduces use of alcohol and drugs
- Normalizes chaotic lifestyles by introducing self-discipline
- Can help turn offenders lives around offering space to consider lifestyles
- Positive effect on relationships
- Applications for Borders and Immigration authorities
