New figures by the Ministry of Justice show that the number of individuals assigned with an electronic monitoring device has risen to 28,687 – an increase of 2% from 28,111 as at 31 December 2025.
This can be broken down as follows:
- Post-release orders were the largest group with 10,601 individuals (37% of the caseload).
- Court bail orders made up the second-largest proportion with 9,674 individuals (34% of the caseload) assigned with an electronic monitoring device.
- Immigration orders were the third-largest group with 4,392 individuals (15% of the caseload).
- Court sentences (community orders and suspended sentence orders) were the fourth-largest group with 3,922 individuals (14% of the caseload).
- Specials orders were the fifth-largest group with 98 individuals (less than 0.5% of the caseload).
Location (GPS) devices accounted for 57% (16,264) of individuals assigned with a device, Curfew devices accounted for 31% (8,781) and Alcohol Monitoring devices for 18% (5,080).
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