Editing Electronic tagging (section)

== Notable instances ==
* [[Eva Kaili]], former Vice President of the [[European Parliament]], was released to [[house arrest]] in her Brussels apartment with an electronic ankle bracelet in April 2023, after being detained in [[Haren Prison]] for four months as part of the [[Qatar corruption scandal at the European Parliament|Qatargate]] affair.
* English professional [[association football|footballer]] [[Jermaine Pennant]] played a [[Premier League]] match in 2005 while wearing an electronic tag; he had received the tag for [[drunk-driving]] and driving while disqualified.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4396747.stm|title='Tagged' footballer Pennant freed|publisher=BBC News|date=31 March 2005}}</ref>
* [[Lindsay Lohan]] failed to appear at a mandatory hearing, and a warrant was issued for her arrest. The judge ordered Lohan to wear a SCRAM bracelet, an electronic device that monitors the sweat for alcohol and alerts authorities if prohibited substances are consumed.<ref>Molly Carney, Correction through Omniscience: Electronic Monitoring and the Escalation of Crime Control, 40 Wash. U. J. L. & Pol'y 279 (2012)</ref>
* [[Roman Polanski]], one of the most famous fugitives from American justice in the world, was arrested in 2009 in Switzerland. The terms of his release included $4.5 million bail, house arrest wearing an ankle bracelet at his chalet, known as Milky Way, in the Swiss ski resort of Gstaad, after having spent sixty-seven days in a [[Zürich]] detention center.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Toobin|first1=Jeffrey|title=The Celebrity Defense|url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/12/14/the-celebrity-defense|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=14 December 2014}}</ref>
* [[Bernard Madoff]], the financier accused in a $50 billion fraud case before trial was ordered under house arrest, with electronic monitoring, and posting $10 million bail against his $7 million Manhattan apartment, and against his wife's homes in Montauk, NY, and Palm Beach, FL.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2009/01/youre_grounded.html|title=How do you qualify for house arrest?|last1=Lapidos|first1=Juliet|access-date=2009-01-15}}</ref>
* [[Dr. Dre]] (Andre Young), American rapper and record producer, was arrested in 1992 for assaulting record producer Damon Thomas and later pleaded guilty to assault on a police officer, eventually serving house arrest and wearing a police monitoring ankle bracelet.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/dr-dre/biography|title=Dr. Dre: Biography &#124; Rolling Stone Music|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=28 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228203101/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/dr-dre/biography|archive-date=28 December 2010}}</ref>
*[[Anna Sorokin]] (Anna Delvey), a Russian con-artist who was convicted on multiple counts of theft and grand larceny. After release from prison, she was detained by immigration authorities for overstaying her visa and put under house arrest, requiring her to wear an ankle monitor to ensure she complies with the conditions of her release.<ref>{{cite news |title=Convicted "fake heiress" Anna Sorokin released from immigration custody as she fights deportation |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anna-sorokin-convicted-fake-heiress-released-immigration-custody-netflix-series/ |date=October 8, 2022 |work=CBS News}}</ref>
*[[Nicolas Sarkozy]], former French president, who was found guilty of illegal attempts to secure favors from a judge. France's highest appeals court ordered him in December 2024 to wear the tag for a year, and he started wearing it in February 2025.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-02-07 |title=French ex-president Sarkozy fitted with electronic tag following corruption conviction |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/02/07/french-ex-president-sarkozy-to-get-electronic-tag_6737903_7.html |access-date=2025-02-07 |language=en}}</ref>