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Friday, April 4, 2003 Tagging scheme to ease jail overload A tough community punishment scheme under which 18- to 20-year-old persistent offenders will face electronic tagging and an intensive work programme was launched yesterday as an alternative to a short prison sentence. Guardian Guardian: Mentoring scheme aims to stop reoffending ePolitix: Teen offenders to avoid jail Times: Forced work and tags to ease prison overcrowding BBC: Youth crime pilot for Nottingham Liberal Democrats: Mentors for young offenders better than prison 9:18:00 AM    comment [] © Copyright 2003 Nick Page.

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