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Amie, Stacey and Jody must wear electronic ankle bracelets and aren鈥檛 allowed out at night. If they breach their curfews, they could get sent straight to prison. Women receive 7,000 of the 60,000 tag orders that are handed out each year, and this series follows three of them. The government say they want to reduce the number of women in prison, and community orders, such as tags, are an alternative to serving time - but what鈥檚 it really like wearing a tag for these young women and as part of a system that fails to address the root causes of women鈥檚 offending, do they work?
Amie, 24, has just got out of prison, after spending 2 months inside for shoplifting, stealing motorbikes, and fraud. As a condition of her release, she must wear a tag for 2 months. Like 50% of women who leave prison, Amie has no home to go to, so she is given temporary accommodation at a bail hostel, miles from her friends and family. Struggling with loneliness and isolation, Amie is tempted to go back to her hometown, breach her tag, and risk being recalled.
Stacey, 28, is also living at the hostel and takes new arrival Amie under her wing. Stacey is awaiting trial for assault and faces up to 5 years inside. As a condition of her bail, she has to wear a GPS tag, which monitors her every move. She must stick to a curfew and is forbidden from going to the area where the alleged crime took place. Unable to find employment whilst on tag, Stacey makes money selling explicit photos online, but as her trial approaches, she turns to increasingly risky ways to make money.
Jody, 29, must wear a tag until her trial for burglary, which has been delayed for months due to Covid. She has been on tag twice before, both times she breached and ended up back in prison, but this time she鈥檚 determined to stick to her tag. Jody鈥檚 1 year old daughter has recently been taken into care and if she gets sent to prison, she鈥檒l lose her weekly visits.