Electronic Bail

In 2005 Phil Goff and the of Justice recommended against introducing electronic , but Cabinet went ahead anyway.

The Ministry states the case against succintly:

“If the primary purpose of EM (electronic monitoring) is to reduce inmate numbers, eligibility must be targeted to those would otherwise be remanded in .

However, defendants remanded in custody are more likely to have characteristics or criminal histories that would make them unsuitable for release on bail with EM.”

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