For the first time in The NT, $4.2 million extra will be spent to have electronic ankle devices fitted to some problem drinkers, the Correctional Services Minister recently announced.

The government says the costs of bracelets are less than $20 per person per day and since the ankle device has been successfully trialled in The NT, it will be rolled out later this year.

If connection to the skin is lost, an alert is immediately sent to authorities.

The courts will decide who will receive the device.

Read more at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-10/alcohol-monitoring-bracelets-introduced-in-the-nt/7401866