Prisoners' Release: Electronic Tagging
(asked on 22nd October 2026) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government by what date they expect all prisoners to be electronically tagged before their release.
This question was answered on 6th November 2026
Installation of Electronic Monitoring prior to release was piloted in 2025 across 6 prisons. The success of the pilot over the 6-month pilot has resulted in a planned national rollout starting in December 2026. This will enable a majority of those eligible for electronic monitoring to be tagged pre-release. We are committed to further rollout as quickly as is operationally safe and feasible to do so.