Much-delayed hi-tech tracking device for use in England and Wales will be replaced with off-the-shelf alternativeJustice ministers possess given up a three-year attempt to introduce a bespoke” GPS tracking tag for offenders,after the prime minister, David Cameron, and promised to make the technology a central portion of a radical overhaul of British prisons.
The Ministry of Justice is to terminate its £23m contract with Steatite,a small British firm which was to develop the hi-tech tag, and will instead invite bids for companies to supply off-the-shelf proven devices already on the market. Steatite’s share price fell 32% after the announcement on Thursday morning.
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Source: theguardian.com