Many prisons release inmates soon after midnight on the day of their discharge, a perversely legalistic practice (legally, some prison officials say, they do not have the authority to hold prisoners any longer than it takes to process their release). (firstthings.com)
Dame Anne continued: «Without that, there is a real risk of a self - fulfilling prophecy: that the prison experience will create or entrench alienation and disaffection, so that prisons release into the community young men who are more likely to offend, or even embrace extremism.» (politics.co.uk)
The collapse of the Soviet health care system in the 1990s coupled with prisons releasing improperly treated inmates and endemic poverty escalated incidences of multidrug - resistant tuberculosis to epidemic proportions (scientificamerican.com)