18 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

Events

28 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.

Events

62 h. ago David Lammy gives reason for refusing PMQs prison question after explosive row

David Lammy has admitted he was not 'equipped with all of the detail' on the mistaken release of a prisoner when he refused to answer questions seemingly referring to it at PMQs

Events

63 h. ago Lammy admits 'mountain to climb' on prisons crisis as 40 more inmates may be wrongly freed before Christmas

Pressure is increasing on the Justice Secretary David Lammy over his handling of the blunders

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68 h. ago Jail scandal: 40 more prisoners set to be wrongly freed before Christmas unless checks improve, says minister

Pressure is increasing on the Justice Secretary David Lammy over his handling of the blunders

Events

69 h. ago Police preparing for 6% crime surge in first year if sentencing reforms go ahead

Plans proposed under the Sentencing Bill to ease the prisons overcrowding crisis include limiting the use of short prison sentences and releasing convicted criminals earlier in their jail terms

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69 h. ago 40 more prisoners set to be wrongly freed from jail before Christmas unless checks improve, says minister

Pressure is increasing on the Justice Secretary David Lammy over his handling of the blunders

Events

2 d. ago Prison governors in crisis talks as hunt continues for wrongly released inmates

Justice minister Alex Davies-Jones said she was furious about the situation.

Events

3 d. ago HMP Wandsworth: Inside 'inhumane' prison at centre of wrongly freed inmates scandal

The notorious South London prison has been under public pressure in the past, with serious issues raised in past and recent reports, and a high-profile sex scandal hitting the courts in 2024

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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 Crisis after two prisoners released from same jail as David Lammy voices fury

Justice Secretary David Lammy voiced his fury after it emerged criminals Brahim Kaddour-Cherif and William Smith had both been released from HMP Wandsworth - just days after the Hadush Kebatu scandal

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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 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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8 d. ago No mountain too high for Itoje and England with Australia first up in autumn series

England captain stresses team must display their full power in Saturday’s first of four home internationals in NovemberJust occasionally even the world’s best rugby players are genuinely taken aback. In mid-September, Maro Itoje, recuperating from his British & Irish Lions exertions, stood and watched an England training session and could not believe the pace, intensity and all-round zip on view. “I was thinking: ‘Wow, I need to get back in the gym, I need to make sure I come back quickly,’” he admitted this week.Itoje says his former teammate Mako Vunipola was just as impressed – “He didn’t remember it being that fast” – on a visit to England’s base in Bagshot the other day. Another recent retiree, the England scrum-half Danny Care, felt similarly. All of which has been fuelling Itoje’s growing belief, with the 2027 Rugby World Cup on the horizon, that “there’s no mountain we can’t climb”. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Prison drugs crisis hits ‘endemic’ levels as drone sightings soar 1,140 per cent

There is a ‘dangerous culture of acceptance’ around substance misuse in prisons as almost four in 10 inmates admit it’s easy to get drugs, a report warns

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1 week ago Sentencing reforms clear the Commons despite concerns over early releases

The Sentencing Bill aims to ease the crisis in prison places by restricting the use of short sentences and strengthening community punishments.

Politics

1 week ago The prison crisis that led to mistaken release of migrant sex offender

The incident exposes the staffing pressures at the heart of Britain’s prison crisis

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1 week ago 'Perfect storm': Prison officers warn 'crisis point' in Scotland's prisons has already been reached

Prison officers are demanding more government funding to help tackle the issues caused by overcrowding.

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1 week ago Prisons crisis means serious criminals will be mistakenly released again, experts warn

Errors such as accidental release of Hadush Kebatu, who was imprisoned for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, are symptomatic of ‘chaos’ in criminal justice system

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2 w. ago Why Liverpool conceded penalty against Brentford as controversial VAR intervention explained

Liverpool have suffered three consecutive defeats in the Premier League and now have a mountain to climb at the Gtech Community Stadium

Society