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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox

Government urged to ‘come clean’ on new alcohol tag scheme used on early release prisoners

Ministers face demands to “come clean” on a decision to introduce a new alcohol monitoring device for offenders despite the current model having a near to 100 per cent success rate.

Tory shadow justice secretary Nick Timothy has asked for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to publish evidence supporting the change in model for alcohol tags which is closely linked to the controversial early release scheme and attempts to tackle domestic abuse and reoffending.

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