How can you find out why someone had an ankle monitor

[IcyPenguin101]

Someone staying with a neighbour has an electronic monitor on their ankle. I assume someone would only have an ankle monitor if they have gotten out of prison and that is their place of record of probation purposes. I’m not friendly enough with the neighbour to ask straight out who is the person but I assume a family member. I’m basically wondering if I have to be concerned. I’m assuming they’d only permit ankle monitoring for something low level?

Who's leaping to his defence? In any case if he's on bail pending trial he isn't necessarily a criminal.

That’s quite the reach.

That'll be it, then! Mystery solved.

It's not been established that he's actually committed a crime.

Exactly!
I'd absolutely be wondering what it means.

That assumes this person has committed a crime.

Depending on what time of day you saw them there. Only person I knew had a tag with a curfew between 7-7 over night so he could go anywhere in the daytime.

maybe they don’t live with neighbour and are just visiting.

Are you sure it’s an actual ankle monitor? I wear my iwatch on ankle strap around my ankle as step count is more accurate and people think it’s an ankle monitor 🤣

Fucking hell !

Hmmm to do that sort of reconnaissance will require curtain twitching 😂

It was not a watch, like a small box on a thick version of a zip tie type strap so no way to get off (if that makes sense). Obv that was just at a few seconds glance, I wasn’t staring but def not a watch/exercise tracker. Granted I’ve never actually seen an ankle monitor other than in movies but that is all I could think it was.

There are many people accused of rape/murder/child molestation etc. who are awaiting trial and not in prison. Scary but true I'm afraid.

Unfortunately the state of our current prison system is that people who wouldn’t ordinarily be up for release ARE getting released early supposedly with tags but even the tagging system is broken and many many offenders some very serious offenders are getting released and often not even having tags fitted for weeks/months afterwards.

How did u get close enough to see it

You should be more concerned about criminals who haven't been caught yet to be honest. There are MILLIONS of 'criminals' in the UK, according to Unlock it's more than 12.5 million https://unlock.org.uk/new-figures-confirm-more-than-12-5-million-people-in-the-uk-have-a-criminal-record/, now add the figure for those who have never been caught and it would be much higher. I wouldn't even give it a second thought if I saw one of my neighbours on tag to be honest, not my business, I'd just be thankful that whatever they've done they were at least caught for it.

Isn't that why you get a tag? I know nothing about them but thought they were an alternative to prison.

You can be fitted with them if you're on bail too.

But it is being seen to be done - he's wearing a tag and the OP has seen it.

To give you an example, my friend's stepdaughter was tagged for assaulting someone when there were mitigating circumstances (long history of verbal bullying of her by the person she assaulted, which was known to the police. She was nontheless "lucky" to escape a prison sentence due to the severity of the assault, and given loads of cumm7nit service, a curfew and an alcohol ban (she had been drinking when she carried out the assault). The tav monitored the curfew and the alcohol ban - it contained something that could apparently monitor alcohol intake, zero idea how .....

This is someon who had committed a crime but was not thought to be a danger to the general public. Hopefully the same in your neighbour's case OP, so try not to worry. As others have said, it's those with criminal intent who have NOT been prosecuted and ragged who probably pose us the greatest risk.

Ok, I didn't know that.

Nobody is defending him it's a question of what your legal rights are.

Yanbu I'd want to know if a paedophile or rapist lived next door. I'm sure it's nothing that serious but when you don't know these are the things you think.

Bail conditions sometimes ban "the accused" from going within a certain distance of a particular location. This may cause the accused to live temporarily with other family or a friend, and the tag is to monitor compliance.

It absolutely could be for something serious. A sex offender released by the parole board, for an example, could be made to wear one.