new scheme to tag hundreds of prison leavers at risk of abusing partners service that blocks harassment from behind bars has protected over 2,700 victims extra work to protect victims from domestic abusers behind bars and after release Through the scheme, which will launch in the East and West Midlands, any offender who poses a threat to a former partner or their children can now be forced to wear an electronic tag, protecting victims from further trauma. Offenders who are tagged can be banned from going within a certain distance of a victim's home, with the tags monitoring their whereabouts or making them abide by a strict curfew.

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