Federal parolees to wear tracking anklets in pilot project
Monday, August 11th, 2008
CBC News
August 11, 2008
Paroled federal offenders will wear ankle bracelets fitted with global positioning monitors in a one-year pilot project unveiled Monday by Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day.
The project, which will begin next month, will monitor about 30 offenders in the Ontario region, Day told reporters at a news conference in Mississauga, Ont.
The GPS bracelet will keep track of a parolee 24 hours a day and notify Correctional Service Canada should a violation of curfew or location restrictions occur, Day said.