The Absentee Game: How England's Justice System is Failing to Catch Its Most Wanted The latest figures on failure to appear warrants in England and Wales are a stark reminder of the crisis unfolding in the country's justice system.
Between 2020 and last year, the number of arrest warrants issued for defendants who skipped court rose by nearly 50%, from 39,434 to 59,153.
This alarming trend is just one symptom of a larger problem: the authorities' inability to bring to justice those who have fled.