When the Cell Door Opens by Mistake

Sometimes the measure of a system’s strain reveals itself not through revolt or reform, but through error. Britain’s prison network, already creaking under the weight of overcapacity, now faces a reckoning after official data revealed that 262 prisoners were mistakenly released in a single year — a staggering 128 percent increase from the year before.

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