Mistaken release of migrant sex offender was hardly surprising – prison officers are dangerously overstretched

By Kaigan Carrie, PhD Candidate in Criminology, University of Westminster

The mistaken release of a sex offender who was set to be deported exposes the staffing pressures at the heart of Britain’s prisons crisis. A senior prison employee told the BBC that Hadush Kebatu’s accidental release was “down to a series of mistakes probably because staff are overworked and in short supply”.

Prison overcrowding has become a serious political and societal issue. But while prison places are increasing with the construction…

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