house arrest

[wsmcgrew]

how does house arrest work?

[Octavius]

Expalanation here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_arrest

[rojash]

You have to climb a ladder, place your hand on the roof of the house, and say "House, I arrest you in the name of the law"

[wellhungjock]

You will need a very large pair of handcuffs a lot of police as some houses are very rowdy. Be very careful when taking the house away as it may break and you will end up with a crack house!!!

[Razamatazz]

It doesnt!

I watched a programme with Sir Trevor (he was in the programme - not my lounge) and it showed just how easy it was to 'cheat' the system.

The government pay companies to monitor the tags, they are supposed to issue warnings and inform the authorities when the curfew is breached but this just isn't happening!

The tags are easy to remove and the criminals go completely unchecked!

A think a much better system would to send them a major electric shock when they disobey the rules! Either that or use them in a live fire excercise  -it would be good practice for the army!