The shocking figures on inmates recalled to prison that reveal how perilously close to breaking point our justice system really is, by DAVID BLUNKETT

With 88,000 people locked up across England and Wales, there are now more in our prisons than serving full time in the British army.
In other words, the system is full to bursting.

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