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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Anthony France

More than 230 domestic abusers recalled to prison under London mayor’s GPS tagging scheme

Tagging offenders in prison before they are released will be trialled over six months (Ministry of Justice/PA) -

More than 150 domestic abuse offenders fitted with GPS tags in London have been recalled to prison for breaching exclusion zones, under a new pilot launched to reduce re-offending.

They were among 232 recently released perpetrators who flouted licence conditions under a £233 million investment by mayor Sir Sadiq Khan to tackle violence against women and girls.

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