They meet a guy on the street, give him a ton of money to run something and six months later he absconds with it.

ECONOMIST: A disorderly heaven

"It is unacceptable these institutions are coming under such pressure to take unsuitable prisoners that we see the risk of absconds and therefore a risk to the public, " said shadow justice secretary Nick Herbert.

BBC: 'Risk' from open prison criminals

According to the Sunday Times, Fiona Radford, governor of Ford open prison in West Sussex, warned in August that if more inmates were transferred from secure prisons, there was a risk of more absconds and drug use.

BBC: The prison population is approaching 80,000