Monday, May 31, 2004

A tag too far - Blunkett's satellite tracking plans | The Register

A tag too far - Blunkett's satellite tracking plans | The Register: " tag too far - Blunkett's satellite tracking plans
By John Lettice
Published Friday 28th May 2004 13:06 GMT
UK Home Secretary David Blunkett is planning a radical extension to existing electronic tagging and monitoring systems, floating the use of satellite tracking to monitor the movement of sex offenders, and the deployment of lie detector tests to check that the subjects aren't breaking the terms of their release. The satellite systems are to be tested on serious offenders later this year."