据阿迪娜·坎贝尔报道，一份报告发现，用于追踪罪犯行踪的电子脚镣中，近半数未能按时安装，严重的延迟使英格兰和威尔士的受害者面临风险。
By Adina Campbell Almost half of electronic tags used to track offenders' movements are not fitted on time, with significant delays putting victims in England and Wales at risk, a report has found.
英国王室缓刑监察局（HMIP）的报告指出，部分罪犯需等待长达五个月才能安装电子脚镣，导致法院和监狱命令被反复违反。
The report by His Majesty's Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) says some criminals are waiting up to five months to be fitted with a tag, leading to repeated breaches of court and prison orders.
报告结果显示，仅55%的全球定位系统（GPS）和射频标签按时安装，而60%的酒精监测标签得以及时安装。
Only 55% of GPS and radio frequency tags were fitted on time, while 60% of alcohol monitoring tags were fitted promptly, according to the report's findings.
司法部发言人表示，政府正投入1亿英镑资金，实施“英国历史上最大规模的电子监控扩展计划”。
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said the government was delivering the "biggest expansion of tagging in British history" with £100 million in funding.
缓刑服务部门利用电子监控手段，追踪被告遵守宵禁及法院或监狱命令各项条件的情况。
Electronic monitoring is used by the Probation Service to track curfews and conditions of a court or prison order.
截至2026年6月，英格兰和威尔士共有27,847人获得配备电子监控设备的命令。
A total of 27,847 people were given tagging orders with equipment in England and Wales as of June 2026.
英国首席缓刑监察官马丁·琼斯爵士（CBE）表示：“如果技术未能与有效的专业实践相匹配，电子监控确实存在制造虚假安全感的危险。”
"There is a real danger that electronic monitoring creates a false sense of assurance if the technology is not matched by effective professional practice," said Martin Jones CBE, HM Chief Inspector of Probation.
他补充道：“在未能解决电子监控项目自身弱点的情况下盲目扩张，存在过度承诺却未能充分履行公众保护职责的风险。”
"Expanding tagging programmes without addressing their weaknesses risks overpromising and underdelivering on public protection," he added.
在某些情况下，设备等待时间超过两周，而十分之一的人在超过规定时间后，仍需等待五个月才能安装电子脚镣。导致电子脚镣未能按时安装的原因包括当事人未按要求配合。
In some cases, there were waits of more than two weeks for the equipment while one in 10 people waited five months to be tagged after the required time. Some of the reasons for tags not being fitted on time included individuals not making themselves available.
受害者专员克莱尔·沃克斯曼爵士（OBE）表示，受害者需要“立即知晓”电子监控是否出现延迟，因为这可能带来“虚假的安全感”。
Victims' Commissioner Claire Waxman OBE said victims needed to "know immediately" if tagging was delayed because this could give a "false sense of security".
她指出，在发生违规行为时必须采取“强有力的应对措施”，但对于“不堪重负”的缓刑服务部门能否妥善处理此类情况，存在“切实的担忧”。
She said a "robust response" was required in the event of breaches but there were "real concerns" over how "overstretched" probation services would be able to handle this.
报告指出，这些电子标签所记录的数据往往未能得到充分利用；在相关案件中，仅有 46% 的案件中发现了严重的违规行为并对此进行了调查。检查人员发现，几乎没有证据表明电子监控系统被有效地用于促使罪犯改变其行为。
Data from the tags was often found to be underused with major violations raised and explored in just 46% of relevant cases, the report also found. Inspectors discovered little evidence that electronic monitoring was being used consistently to promote behaviour change.
这些电子标签主要分为三种类型：宵禁标签、位置标签和酒精检测标签。这些标签用于严格控制罪犯的惩罚措施，以降低风险并保护受害者。
There are three types of tags: curfew tags location tags alcohol tags They include strict controls of an offender's punishment to manage risk, safeguarding and the protection of victims.
违反规定的罪犯要么会被立即送回监狱，要么会被法院下令重新收监，或者受到正式警告。
Those who breach their orders either immediately return to prison, are given a court order or a formal warning.
司法部的一位发言人表示，“保护公众安全”是政府的优先目标。他们解释说：“这就是为什么我们会推出英国历史上规模最大的电子标签推广计划，该计划得到了 1 亿英镑的资金支持；自 2024 年以来，电子标签的安装率增长了近 50%。”
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said "public protection" was the government's priority. They said: "That's why we are delivering the biggest expansion of tagging in British history, backed by £100 million in funding, with tag install rates up by nearly 50% since 2024.
这是英国在缓刑和社区服务方面投入的 7 亿英镑资金的一部分。在过去两年中，该部门招聘了 2,300 名培训中的工作人员，今年还将再招聘 1,300 名工作人员，以确保危险罪犯受到比以往更严密的监管。今年早些时候，《2026 年量刑法》正式公布了进一步扩大电子监控范围的计划，该法案旨在通过让更多罪犯在社区中接受监管来缓解监狱的压力。根据新法律，从 10 月份开始，将有数千名囚犯提前获释，其中大多数人将被要求佩戴电子标签。
"This is part of our record £700 million investment in probation and community services, recruiting 2,300 trainee officers over the last two years and a further 1,300 this year – ensuring dangerous offenders are kept under closer surveillance than ever before." Plans to significantly expand electronic monitoring were announced earlier this year as part of the Sentencing Act 2026, which aims to ease prison pressures by managing more offenders in the community. Thousands more prisoners will be released early from October as part of the new law. Most will require tagging.