Plans to extend the potential uses of electronic tagging are pressing on.
The system involves a transmitter device being fitted to a persons ankle and works by sending a signal to a control centre in the UK. It tells authorities that an offender is at an approved location for a specific time.
The Department of Home Affairs intends to extend the use of them to include a wider range of offenders, including people on bail and those on community orders.
David Sellick is Chief Probation Officer at the DHA:
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