One bad day from disaster: how full the prisons are, who was let out to make room, and who came back
The prisons are 97.5% full and have sat within a thousand places of the line for most of four years. Three governments let 83,000 people out early to hold it there, and recalls doubled. We read every weekly bulletin since 2015, every prison's crowding, and the plan built on release at one-third.
Paul · · 15 min read · HMP Wandsworth · 45 sources · 12 documents