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The UK’s prison release scandal: how 179 inmates walked free

The prison crisis in the UK has officially moved from a logistical headache to a national security lottery. In a staggering admission by the Ministry of Justice, 179 prisoners were released “in error” across England and Wales between April 2025 and March 2026. This equates to three criminals walking out of the front gates every single week due to administrative blunders, sentencing miscalculations, and archaic paper-based record-keeping.

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The UK’s prison release scandal: how 179 inmates walked free

The prison crisis in the UK has officially moved from a logistical headache to a national security lottery. In a staggering admission by the Ministry of Justice, 179 prisoners were released “in error” across England and Wales between April 2025 and March 2026. This equates to three criminals walking out of the front gates every single week due to administrative blunders, sentencing miscalculations, and archaic paper-based record-keeping.

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The UK’s prison release scandal: how 179 inmates walked free

The prison crisis in the UK has officially moved from a logistical headache to a national security lottery. In a staggering admission by the Ministry of Justice, 179 prisoners were released “in error” across England and Wales between April 2025 and March 2026. This equates to three criminals walking out of the front gates every single week due to administrative blunders, sentencing miscalculations, and archaic paper-based record-keeping.

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The UK’s prison release scandal: how 179 inmates walked free

The prison crisis in the UK has officially moved from a logistical headache to a national security lottery. In a staggering admission by the Ministry of Justice, 179 prisoners were released “in error” across England and Wales between April 2025 and March 2026. This equates to three criminals walking out of the front gates every single week due to administrative blunders, sentencing miscalculations, and archaic paper-based record-keeping.

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