UK legal charity decries use of biometric immigrant monitoring devices

The UK has been expanding the use of biometric electronic monitoring devices for immigration bail cases, a practice that has drawn criticism from non-governmental organizations that describe the practice as invasive.

Last year, the country increased the use of GPS electronic monitoring devices as a bail condition by 56 percent, according to a report by London-based legal charity Public Law Project. This includes both fitted devices such as ankle monitors and non-fitted devices which request periodic biometric verification from the …

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