Police pushing for “tagging” young offenders
He notified business owners, who congregated at the St. Georges school, that the satellite tracking of offenders is being overseen by the Criminal Justice Advisory group and chaired by Governor Boyd McCleary, “will be acquired”.
Though he did not give a timeline, Virgin Islands News Online understands the initiative could begin by year-end.
According to Morris, the electronic tracking device will be placed on the young offenders' ankles, who are on bail waiting to go to court; offered bail and are on police bail.
“It would also help with the prison population, which is the third or fourth highest prison population in the world, against the country’s population. A lot of our people go to prison...and with the electronic tagging we can try to rehabilitate the young offenders,” Morris pointed out.
If they transgress, he added, the offenders will land in prison.
“There is a 300 feet boundary area and if anyone goes beyond that the green dots will turn red,” the acting COP further stated.
The “tagged” individual will be monitored from the Police Control Room, but Morris admitted that tackling such an initiative would cost money and manpower.
Interestingly, Governor McCleary was among several persons who volunteered to test the device for one week.
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