A total of 736 subpostmasters were prosecuted.

共有 736 名邮政支局长被起诉。

Many were sent to prison, with an average of 30 subpostmasters jailed every year between 2000 and 2014.

许多员工被送进监狱，2000 年至 2014 年间，平均每年有 30 名邮政支局长入狱。

A complex web of staff loyalty to the company, unreciprocated trust by subpostmasters toward management, and a culture of blame all fed the situation.

员工对公司的忠诚、邮政支局长对管理层无条件的信任以及相互指责的文化等复杂的网络，都助长了这种情况的发生。

Staff running local branches, known as subpostmasters and mistresses, soon noticed that the computer software did not match the amount of money they had manually recorded at the end of a working day.

经营当地分支邮局的工作人员，即所谓的（外包经营邮政支局）邮政支局长和女局长，很快就注意到，计算机软件与他们在一天工作结束时手动记录的金额不一致。

Many subpostmasters had served as Post Office employees for much of their careers, or had opened up postal branches with family members, particularly among many migrants of Ugandan-Indian origin who had relocated to Britain in the 1970s.

许多邮政支局长在其职业生涯的大部分时间都是邮局的雇员，或是与家人一起开设了邮政分支机构，特别是许多在 20 世纪 70 年代移居英国的乌干达裔-印度裔移民中。