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Just Stop Oil activist, 77, faces jail recall as wrists too small for electronic tag (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 week ago by IndustryStandard to c/aboringdystopia

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A 77-year-old activist is facing recall to prison because her wrists are too small for an electronic tag.

Gaie Delap, from Bristol, was sent to prison in August, along with four co-defendants, for her part in a campaign of disruptive protests on the M25 in November 2022.

Several months after she was jailed for the Just Stop Oil protests, she was let out after being told she qualified to serve the rest of her sentence under a home detention curfew.

But the company contracted to fit the tag to Delap was unable to attach one to her ankle because of a health condition, and there are no devices available small enough to fit wrists her size.

Now there is a warrant for her arrest after the company contacted the prison authorities to tell them she “could not be monitored”.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Depends. My feet are too small to keep me secure in my partner's inversion table, which tightens around the ankles. So, if the ankle monitor is similarly unable to go small enough, I'd expect a similar problem.

On the other hand, I've worn ankle bracelets just fine. But an ankle monitor might be less flexible/able to tighten into the curves of the ankle.