The Guardian view on state failure: Britain’s crisis is not just one of investment, but also of upkeep
《卫报》对国家失败的看法：英国的危机不仅仅是投资问题，还涉及维护问题
‘Ministers’ solution is to add 14,000 new prison places. These may be necessary, but they won’t be sufficient.’
2025-10-29 573词 中等
The justice secretary, David Lammy, is right to blame the Conservatives for the failings in state competence. Under Tory austerity, prison budgets were cut by a quarter and a 30% loss of staff gutted the system. As Cassia Rowland of the Institute for Government observes, the result is a “slow-motion collapse”: a service now staffed largely by overburdened, inexperienced personnel. Even if one officer slipped up with Kebatu, the system is not working. There were 262 mistaken releases last year – double that in 2023, and quadruple that in 2014.
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