2 w. ago David Lammy says 91 prisoners freed in error in England and Wales since April

Justice secretary tells MPs as many as four may still be at large and blames previous governments’ cuts for mistakesThe justice secretary has revealed that 91 prisoners have been released by mistake in England and Wales since April, of whom as many four remain at large.David Lammy gave details in a Commons statement of three mistakenly released prisoners the police are trying to trace. He said the Prison Service was also investigating a fourth inmate released in error last Monday who may still be at large. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Over 90 prisoners mistakenly released from prison within last seven months, MOJ confirm

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2 w. ago Call for clarity on releases in error as prisoner mistakenly counted as at large

Robert Jenrick said he would ask David Lammy to make clear how many prisoners have been accidentally released and how many are still at large.

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2 w. ago Prisoner was mistakenly counted among those at large after early release

Over the weekend, it was reported that a total of four offenders had been released in error, with two released in June this year, and two in 2024.

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3 w. ago Two out of four prisoners still at large were freed by mistake last year

Two of the four prisoners who are still at large after being mistakenly released last year were freed in error in June this year, the Ministry of Justice has said

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HM Prison service insiders say an 'outdated' and 'unfit for purpose' system called NOMIS is fuelling the rise in accidental releases of prisoners across the UK after a string of high-profile blunders

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3 w. ago Inmate mistakenly released from London prison arrested after more than a week of freedom

Inmate mistakenly released from London prison arrested after more than a week of freedom  abcnews.go.com

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3 w. ago Algerian sex offender mistakenly released from Wandsworth prison arrested

Algerian sex offender mistakenly released from Wandsworth prison arrested  BBC

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3 w. ago Sex offender prisoner Brahim Kaddour Cherif released by mistake arrested and pictured

HMP Wandsworth prisoner Brahim Kaddour Cherif, who was mistakenly released last Wednesday, has been been arrested after the Met Police launched a major manhunt to find him

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3 w. ago Released sex offender prisoner Brahim Kaddour Cherif arrested as he says 'I'm someone else'

HMP Wandsworth prisoner Brahim Kaddour Cherif, who was mistakenly released last Wednesday, has been been arrested after the Met Police launched a major manhunt to find him

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3 w. ago Manhunt ongoing for mistakenly released prisoner Brahim Kaddour

Sir Keir Starmer said that he was ‘angry and frustrated’ by ‘intolerable’ wrongful prisoner releases.

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3 w. ago Mistakenly released prisoner hands himself in as Lammy faces fresh pressure over handling of fiasco

William ‘Billy’ Smith, 35, returned to Wandsworth prison after being mistakenly released on Monday

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3 w. 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

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3 w. ago ‘I was not equipped with all the detail’ over prisoner release error – Lammy

Mr Lammy has faced scrutiny over his handling of the mistaken release of a second foreign prisoner.

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3 w. ago Mistakenly released UK prisoner turns himself in as search continues for second freed convict

Mistakenly released UK prisoner turns himself in as search continues for second freed convict  AP News

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3 w. ago Who are the prisoners mistakenly released from Wandsworth Prison?

Police are continuing the search for a migrant sex offender who was wrongly freed from jail

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3 w. 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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3 w. ago Mistakenly released prisoner William Smith hands himself in after 3 day manhunt

William "Billy" Smith was one of two prisoners released by error from HMP Wandsworth

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3 w. ago Robert Jenrick accuses David Lammy of 'Bulls****' on live TV amid row over mistaken prisoner releases

The comment came as pressure piles on the Justice Secretary after prisoners were mistakenly released from HMP Wandsworth

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3 w. 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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