74 m. ago Watch live: Lammy addresses Parliament after more prisoners mistakenly freed

Watch live as David Lammy addresses the House of Commons on Tuesday (2 December) after confirming that 12 more prisoners have been released in error over the last three weeks.

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2 h. ago Government issues update as two mistakenly released prisoners still at large

The two mistakenly freed prisoners are understood to not be violent or sexual offenders

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4 h. ago Twelve prisoners mistakenly freed in past month and two still at large – Lammy

Earlier data showed 91 accidental releases took place between April 1 and October 31 this year.

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4 h. ago Twelve more prisoners in England and Wales released in error in last month

Justice secretary David Lammy says two are still at large and overall ‘trend is downwards’Prisoners continue to be released mistakenly with a further 12 inmates let out of jail in error since November, the UK justice secretary has revealed.David Lammy told BBC Breakfast that despite the latest figures the “trend is downwards” after improvements to the system were put in place. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Labour's prisons shame as Calamity Lammy reveals 12 more inmates have been mistakenly released in the last month

There have been 12 further accidental releases of prisoners since November, the Justice Secretary confirmed today.

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3 w. ago Deputy PM David Lammy told he should step aside if he fails to reveal key facts on prisoner release gaffes

The Deputy Prime Minister has been asked to provide a full picture of how many criminals have been wrongly freed, and how many are still on the run.

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3 w. ago BREAKING: Two prisoners still on the run after being freed by mistake last year

Two prisoners are still on the run after being mistakenly freed last year - this is a breaking news story

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3 w. ago Two prisoners still on the run after being freed by mistake last year

A total of four prisoners are missing after being mistakenly freed this year and the previous year, it has been reported

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3 w. ago David Lammy told to ‘get a grip’ as search continues for mistakenly freed prisoners

Robert Jenrick said he does not have confidence in David Lammy, and also suggested the deputy prime minister’s handling of questions on Wednesday about escaped prisoners was a ‘disgrace’

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3 w. ago Manhunt underway after more inmates mistakenly freed from London prison

Manhunt underway after more inmates mistakenly freed from London prison  Courthouse News

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3 w. ago David Lammy under pressure as two more prisoners mistakenly freed

Algerian sex offender and a fraudster released by Wandsworth jail, days after new checks brought in David Lammy, the UK justice secretary, is under mounting pressure after two more prisoners, including a convicted foreign sex offender, were mistakenly freed, days after he introduced stringent checks for jails.Lammy had refused multiple times to say whether any more prisoners had been released in error in a bruising session of prime minister’s questions, having been ambushed with a string of pre-planned questions on the issue. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago UK police hunt two men accidentally released from same prison

Algerian man convicted of indecent exposure and British man sentenced for fraud were mistakenly freed from Wandsworth prison

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3 w. ago Police ‘urgently’ looking for prisoner freed by mistake in London

Algerian man, 24, ‘released in error’ from HMP Wandsworth two days after stronger checks for jails were brought inPolice have launched an urgent manhunt for a second foreign prisoner mistakenly freed, two days after the justice secretary, David Lammy, brought in stronger checks for jails.The 24-year-old Algerian was wrongly released from Wandsworth prison in south London last Wednesday, with the Metropolitan police only informed this week. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Wandsworth prisoner released latest: Manhunt for criminal mistakenly freed last week

The error comes just days after sex offender migrant Hadush Kebatu was wrongly freed from HMP Chelmsford

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