Tagged and Useless: Britain’s Criminal Justice System Forgets the Tag in “Tagging Offenders

We’re spending £700 million to quadruple tagging, but forgot to plug in the chargers.

Imagine you’re back at school. You’ve just walked into the lunch hall, tray in hand, dreaming of soggy fish fingers and beige custard. And there’s Kyle… yes that Kyle… the kid who once set fire to the cloakroom and blamed it on “spontaneous combustion.” Kyle has just rugby-tackled a Year 7, stolen his Monster Munch and moonwalked into the staffroom with your phone, your shoes and half the science department.