BRITS PLAN TO USE EMBEDDED SPY CHIPS ON PRISONERS

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INDEPENDENT, UK - Ministers are planning to implant "machine-readable"
microchips under the skin of thousands of offenders as part of an
expansion of the electronic tagging scheme that would create more space
in British jails.

Amid concerns about the security of existing tagging systems and prison
overcrowding, the Ministry of Justice is investigating the use of
satellite and radio-wave technology to monitor criminals.

But, instead of being contained in bracelets worn around the ankle, the
tiny chips would be surgically inserted under the skin of offenders in
the community, to help enforce home curfews. The radio frequency
identification tags, as long as two grains of rice, are able to carry
scanable personal information about individuals, including their
identities, address and offending record.

The tags, labelled spychips by privacy campaigners, are already used
around the world to keep track of dogs, cats, cattle and airport
luggage, but there is no record of the technology being used to monitor
offenders in the community. The chips are also being considered as a
method of helping to keep order within prisons. . .

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article3333852.ece

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