The Irish Prison Service abandoned a project to electronically tag prisoners after spending more than €850,000 and deciding it was neither “cost effective” nor “value for money”.
An analysis of the project found that the average cost per prisoner for the tagging was just over €12,000 per inmate over the course of 18 months.
An internal paper said when the project had first begun, it was hoped major savings could be made, especially when escorting criminals for hospital visits.
