Early prison releases.

Worth noting that a prisoner has been released from custody in error almost once a day on average, somewhere in England and Wales.

This one is obviously big news but it's really nothing out of the ordinary.

Decades of prisons being understaffed, over populated and privatisation of parts of the estate, would be my best guesses why it seems to be so common.
 
Stephen230 said:
Worth noting that a prisoner has been released from custody in error almost once a day on average, somewhere in England and Wales.

This one is obviously big news but it's really nothing out of the ordinary.

Decades of prisons being understaffed, over populated and privatisation of parts of the estate, would be my best guesses why it seems to be so common.
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Well yeah, but you'd think that a high profile prisoner whose crimes set off wide scale protests might just have a little bit more care taken over him. I'm sure zoos lose animals every year, but I'm going to worry a bit more when the tiger escapes than the meerkat.
 
I’ve never worked in the prison service, but I’d like to think that part of the release process is having a document that states the crime, how long they’ve served and reason for release.

How can this happen? Surely somebody at some point must, or at least should have, asked the question whether there was a mistake to release somebody sentenced for a sex crime only recently.
 
RobMCFC said:
I’ve never worked in the prison service, but I’d like to think that part of the release process is having a document that states the crime, how long they’ve served and reason for release.

How can this happen? Surely somebody at some point must, or at least should have, asked the question whether there was a mistake to release somebody sentenced for a sex crime only recently.
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RobMCFC said:
I’ve never worked in the prison service, but I’d like to think that part of the release process is having a document that states the crime, how long they’ve served and reason for release.

How can this happen? Surely somebody at some point must, or at least should have, asked the question whether there was a mistake to release somebody sentenced for a sex crime only recently.
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Probably a direct result of the digital world we live in now. If the computer says you’ve robbed your own post office, you’ve robbed your own post office. If the computer says you’re being released from jail today, you’re being released from jail today.
 
One Fan Clapping said:
This government is useless. David Lammy needs to go. To release a sex offender is just unforgivable. It’s on him as Justice Secretary. They can’t control our borders or prisons.

They can’t be trusted to keep us safe in our own country.
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So, it was Lammy that went to the prison, took the bunch of keys off the peg. Walked along, showed his the wrong papers he had completed on the train up there. Took him to the gate, gave him a heads up to the train station and apologised for any inconvenience caused. Sounds legit.

Ffs it was a civil servant balls up.
 
Stephen230 said:
Worth noting that a prisoner has been released from custody in error almost once a day on average, somewhere in England and Wales.

This one is obviously big news but it's really nothing out of the ordinary.

Decades of prisons being understaffed, over populated and privatisation of parts of the estate, would be my best guesses why it seems to be so common.
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What he said.
 
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