Professor John Robertson OBA Globally media have been fascinated with this one sex offender mistakenly released in England. The contrast with Scotland is sharp. Click on this to read our earlier factcheck: What might explain this enormous contrast? Prison assaults were pro rata more than TWICE as common in England & Wales than in Scotland Click on this for the details: Finally and perhaps most important, the prisoner-to-prison officer ratio in England, is approximately 3.7:1 as of mid-2025: https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/performance-tracker-2023/prisons In Scotland, it’s 1.7:1, thus more than twice as well-staffed: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7rv9yx0x9o You can still support Talking-up Scotland at any time at: … Continue reading Why have there been so many mistaken prisoner releases in England and none in Scotland? Twice as many staff per prisoner and only half the level of attacks on them?