22 h. ago Tories blasted by former prison officer for 'breaking point' crisis

Sally Jameson, who worked for five years at HMP & YOI Moorland said accidental releases were unacceptable, but accused the Conservatives of letting the system rot for years

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32 h. ago Witness who called police on wrongly released Algerian sex offender inmate Brahim Kaddour

Kaddour-Cherif was re-arrested after being accidentally released from HMP Wandsworth. Two weeks prior, sex attack migrant Hadush Kebatu was arrested in the very same park.

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45 h. ago Prison staff 'identify issue causing mistaken releases' as sex offender arrested

HM Prison service insiders say an 'outdated' and 'unfit for purpose' system called NOMIS is fuelling the rise in accidental releases of prisoners across the UK after a string of high-profile blunders

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46 h. ago Sex offender accidentally released from Wandsworth prison caught

Sex offender accidentally released from Wandsworth prison caught  MyLondon

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60 h. ago HMP Wandsworth con reveals prisoners' 'hilarious' reaction after two accidental releases

Proinsias O'Doherty, who was released on Thursday, said prisoners at HMP Wandsworth made up 'a little joke' when they learnt that two prisoners had wrongly been let out

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69 h. ago Sex offender accidentally released from prison flashed genitals at historic East London site

Sex offender accidentally released from prison flashed genitals at historic East London site  MyLondon

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2 d. ago Prisoner manhunt LIVE: Wrongly freed man hands himself back in to London jail

Surrey Police said Billy Smith handed himself into to HMP Wandsworth following his accidental release

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2 d. ago Wandsworth prison manhunt latest: Prisoner found three days after accidental release but another on loose

Manhunt continues for prisoner Brahim Kaddour-Cherif

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2 d. ago Dozens of prisoners released from Scots jails BY MISTAKE as jaw

DOZENS of prisoners have been mistakenly released from Scotland's jails in a catalogue of blunders, new figures have revealed. The Scottish Prison Service said 27 inmates had been accidentally released since 2022. Eight "liberations in error" occurred in 2022/23, while seven happened in 2023/24 and nine in 2024/25. Three inmates have been released mistakenly in...

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2 d. ago Dozens of prisoners mistakenly released from jails in Scotland since 2022

27 inmates were accidentally released in Scotland between 2022-2025.

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3 d. ago HMP Wandsworth release ANOTHER prisoner in error: Convicted fraudster and Algerian migrant sex offender 'who gave police false address while on bail' go on the run

On Monday, British national William Smith, who goes by Billy, was released from the scandal-hit prison by accident.

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3 d. 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 d. ago HMP Wandsworth release ANOTHER prisoner in error: Convicted fraudster and Algerian migrant sex offender go on the run

On Monday, British national William Smith, who goes by Billy, was released from the scandal-hit prison by accident.

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3 d. ago Wandsworth prison manhunt latest: Two inmates on the run as prison admits to second accidental release this week

Errors come just days after sex offender migrant Hadush Kebatu was wrongly freed from HMP Chelmsford

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3 d. ago Second man accidentally released from HMP Wandsworth in less than week

Second man accidentally released from HMP Wandsworth in less than week  East London Advertiser

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3 d. ago HMP Wandsworth have released ANOTHER prisoner in error: Convicted fraudster is SECOND inmate to be wrongly freed within a week after Algerian migrant sex offender

On Monday, British national William Smith, who goes by Billy, was released from the scandal-hit prison by accident.

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3 d. ago Fugitive Algerian migrant sex offender accidentally released from Wandsworth prison is named

The Algerian convict, 24, is understood to have been serving time for trespass with an intent to steal but has previously committed sexual offences.

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3 d. ago Second migrant sex offender was accidentally released from prison a WEEK ago... and police have only just been told: Manhunt for Algerian convict freed from Wandsworth by mistake

The Algerian convict, 24, is understood to have been serving time for trespass with an intent to steal but has previously committed sexual offences.

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3 d. ago Second accidental release of prisoner ‘utterly unacceptable’, No 10 says, as Lammy blames system left by Tories – UK politics live

Lammy, standing in for Keir Starmer, avoided answering questions on the mistaken release during PMQsDavid Lammy starts by saying the PM is in Brazil.He says the thoughts of all MPs are still with the victims of the appalling attacks in Huntingdon and Peterborough, where, he says, he was at school for seven years. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Police hunt for Algerian man accidentally released from prison

UK authorities say man was mistakenly released from Wandsworth prison on October 29

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