At present New Zealand has around six-and-a-half thousand people on electronic monitoring.
A figure which is already considered high, with some estimates putting us either with the highest per capita rate in the world, or running close second to the US.
But that number looks likely to rise further with government introducing legislation that would allow the electronic monitoring of migrants and asylum seekers who pose a security risk, or might run away.
Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University's Liam Martin, is a criminologist who researches electronic monitoring, and he joins me.
An electronic monitoring device. Photo: 123RF
