It’s an interesting story, but the writing quality is terrible. A “clerical error” caused the issue … No. Actually, a person or some people didn’t do their jobs. Human beings acted improperly, presumably accidentally, but their specific actions caused this problem.

This is important because he got in trouble for his actions. Someone else made a mistake, but they aren’t named, blamed, or even held responsible, whereas he got locked up when he didn’t make any mistakes.