The British government is developing a plan to track current and former prisoners by means of microchips implanted under the skin, as a way to reduce prison crowding.
Now the Ministry of Justice is exploring the possibility of injecting prisoners in the back of the arm with radio frequency identification (RFID) chip that contains information about their name, address and criminal record. Such chips, which contain a built-in antenna, could be scanned by special readers
By including a satellite uplink system in the chip, police would be able to use global positioning system (GPS) technology to track subjects' exact locations at all times.
In my opinion this decision will be helpful in some situations, but at the same time it not necessary in other situations. I think that this system will be useful for the police on tracking those who are on probation or other conditional release that need a constant monitoring because it covers large areas, so it will help for example, to keep sex offenders away from "forbidden" zones like schools.
In the other hand some situation it will be unnecessary like the cases that they can use the ankle bracelet like when they prison prisoners in home because it will be in small zones and temporary.
Bibliography:
Gutierrez, David. "U.K. to Begin Microchipping Prisoners." Independent news on natural health, nutrition and more. 04 June 2009 http://www.naturalnews.com/023481.html
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