date:Aug 04, 2014
The Mayor of London launched the first scheme in the UK that will enforce alcohol abstinence among offenders who binge drink through compulsory use of ankle tags.
The mandatory round the clock tag monitors alcohol perspiration in an offender. Today's launch follows a 2012 manifesto pledge by the Mayor and successful lobbying of Government for new sentencing powers in a bid to tackle alcohol related crime and disorder.
A year-long pilot of the scheme begins today in the South London Local Justi