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Prisoner are to be banned from drinking when they are freed from jail under a tough new crackdown on violent offenders.
Serious and prolific criminals will be forced to wear an electronic tag – which triggers an alarm if it detects alcohol in their system – to prevent them from reoffending.
They will be required to wear the devices for up to a year under the scheme, which ministers said was a ‘world first’. The technology has already been used in the UK for those on community sentences – but this is the first time it has been imposed on prison-leavers. If alcohol is detected in sweat, the tag sounds an alarm in a monitoring centre to alert probation officers.
Serious and prolific criminals will be forced to wear an electronic tag that triggers an alarm if it detects alcohol in their system (File image)
The alert could be deemed a breach of licence conditions and see ex-offenders returned to prison. Alcohol plays a part in 39 per cent of all violent
