Revealed: Number of people accused of homicide-related offending wearing ankle bracelets

The electronic monitoring (EM) regime for community-based offenders and bailees was “easily circumvented by motivated individuals”, through foiling, it says. “The difference is there is a whole lot of more people on EM bail now,” she said. “If you can wrap a bit of tinfoil around it what is the point of having an EM bail system. Marsh said the number of people subject to electronically monitored bail had increased from 495 at 30 June 30 2017 to 2345 at June 30 2023. In response to the increasing number of people subject to electronic monitoring, Corrections had been “actively recruiting and retaining electronic monitoring staff”.