Resource Summary
This Women in Prison briefing highlights how electronic monitoring (tagging) affects women differently and often harmfully. Drawing on lived‑experience testimonies, it shows that tags can worsen mental health, disrupt caring responsibilities, increase exposure to domestic abuse, and cause physical pain due to equipment not designed for women’s bodies. Women described stigma, shame, isolation, and fear of breach, with some recalled due to faulty devices or health‑related swelling. As one woman said, “You are constantly a prisoner in your own life.” The briefing calls for gender‑responsive alternatives, improved accountability, and urgent reform of tagging policy and practice.
Resource Information
| Format: | briefing paper |
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| Organisation: | Women in Prison |
| Themes: | criminal justice, domestic and sexual abuse, mental health, multiple disadvantage, partnership working, peer support, pregnancy, birth and motherhood, women centres & women's specialist services |
| Published: | March 2026 |
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