BBC Three, 21 March, 8-9pm
With the Government pledging to double the number of offenders who are electronically tagged by 2008, two BBC programmes investigate one of the main tools of Labour's criminal justice policies.
Speaking to current and ex-employees, reporter Raphael Rowe uncovers a catalogue of technical failures and mismanagement of staff that has led to offenders being left unmonitored.
Electronic tagging has been seen as an effective tool for tackling rising prison populations, juvenile offenders, terror suspects and custodial battles. But the programmes question whether it actually reduces reoffending.
Rowe also meets a number of "taggees", all of whom have their own stories to tell about how their tags are really working.
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