00:00Inspectors have raised serious concerns about delays in fitting tags to released offenders.
00:06They found nearly half were not tagged promptly, and in one in ten cases, fitting took as long
00:12as five months. Delays can leave victims without the monitoring they expect. One woman, identified
00:19only as Michelle, says her former partner was released without the GPS tag she had been told
00:25he would be fitted with. The Prison Officers Association wants prison staff trained to fit
00:30tags before release. The Ministry of Justice says it is expanding electronic monitoring.
00:37Serco says it attempts to fit every required device and reports cases where fitting is not possible.
