Released violent offenders to be ‘locked’ in restriction zones in England and Wales

Technology, such as electronic tags, would be used to make sure offenders stayed in the allocated zone. Photograph: Mark Richardson/Alamy

Restriction zones aimed at “locking” violent offenders – rather than their victims – into specific areas when they are released from prison are to be introduced by the government in England and Wales.

At the moment, exclusion zones are often used to keep an offender away from their victim’s home but many campaigners for women’s safety have long called for this to be flipped.