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He avoided being tagged after his release by claiming his legs were too swollen to have an alcohol-monitoring device fitted.<\/p>\n<p>Potter, who has a ‘born to raise hell’ tattoo on his neck, absconded from HMP Sudbury in 2018 while serving his sentence, before being arrested again days later.<\/p>\n<p>More than 3,100 prisoners in England and Wales have been <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/09\/10\/first-batch-prisoners-released-early-1-750-offenders-21577348\/\">released early<\/a> since September 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/09\/25\/dozens-prisoners-accidentally-freed-early-release-scheme-21673972\/\">as part of Labour’s plan to tackle prison overcrowding<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"http:\/\/burn-the-priest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_247560050-0579.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22908581\" alt=\"Channel 4 Dispatches @C4Dispatches Channel 4 Dispatches goes undercover to expose the alarming failures of Britain?s tagging system, as the government releases prisoners to ease the overcrowding in UK prisons. 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demand immediate action to improve standards. <\/p>\n<p>‘We will hold Serco to account, with further financial penalties imposed should our expectations not be met.’<\/p>\n<p>Serco Chief Executive Anthony Kirby said the company ‘is proud of the work we have been doing for the last 10 months’.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"http:\/\/burn-the-priest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_247560041-ff9c.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22908586\" alt=\"Channel 4 Dispatches @C4Dispatches Channel 4 Dispatches goes undercover to expose the alarming failures of Britain?s tagging system, as the government releases prisoners to ease the overcrowding in UK prisons. Watch: 'Undercover: The Great Tagging Scandal' Monday 14th April at 9pm on @channel4 .\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Officers were frequently sent to the wrong addresses to track offenders due to admin errors, the investigation found (Picture: Channel 4 Dispatches)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>‘We inherited a significant backlog of untagged prisoners, record numbers of people being monitored in the community and the introduction of two prisoner early release schemes to address challenges with prison overcrowding,’ he said.<\/p>\n<p>‘Despite these challenges, we fully acknowledge the responsibility we have to get it right and are committed to protecting public safety. Serco has invested heavily in this contract and has not made a penny in profit to date.<\/p>\n<p>‘We are tagging a record number of people and by the end of last year our performance had improved and it was publicly recognised to be at an acceptable level. <\/p>\n<p>‘Importantly, despite challenges with tag supply, which is not Serco\u2019s responsibility, our performance continues to improve this year, and we are determined that it will continue to do so, and at pace.<\/p>\n<p>‘Our colleagues perform a challenging role with dedication and professionalism. <\/p>\n<p>‘At the same time, we expect the highest standards of behaviour from our people.’<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong><strong><strong>Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:webnews@metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this, <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{“@context”:”https:\/\/schema.org”,”@type”:”VideoObject”,”name”:”Metro.co.uk”,”duration”:”T3M9S”,”thumbnailUrl”:”https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/04\/14\/12\/97254301-0-image-a-7_1744628632869.jpg”,”uploadDate”:”2025-04-14T12:13:38+0100″,”description”:”‘Something being mistyped could be the difference between a violent offender being monitored and a violent offender being completely left to their own devices.’”,”contentUrl”:”https:\/\/videos.metro.co.uk\/video\/met\/2025\/04\/14\/6900008694726803556\/480x270_MP4_6900008694726803556.mp4″,”height”:270,”width”:480} To view this video please enable<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/14\/criminal-bragged-to-200000-tiktok-followers-after-cutting-off-ankle-tag\/\" class=\"readmore\">Continue reading<svg class=\"icon icon-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\"> <use href=\"#icon-arrow-right\" xlink:href=\"#icon-arrow-right\"><\/use> <\/svg><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Criminal bragged to 200,000 TikTok followers after \u2018cutting off ankle tag\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4370"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4370"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4376,"href":"http:\/\/burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4370\/revisions\/4376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}