It's about time the government recognized the dire state of our prison system, but these emergency measures barely scratch the surface of the underlying issues. We really need to rethink our approach to incarceration, focusing more on rehabilitation and addressing the root causes of crime, rather than just locking people away and throwing away the key. It's alarming that it took the threat of a 'total breakdown of law and order' for this crisis to be taken seriously – we need comprehensive reform, not just stopgap solutions.