3 h. ago Man accused of sexually assaulting boy at campsite dies in prison

John Bell, 44, had been charged over an incident at the Loch Ness Bay Campsite in July.

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3 h. ago Five inmates are being wrongly freed from Britain's prisons every week as ex

Vanessa Frake-Harris MBE told the Mail that Labour's early release scheme had made sentence calculations a 'minefield' and 'doubled the workload' for staff.

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4 h. ago A notorious gangland figure convicted of sex crimes has been released from prison early

The 61-year-old was already doing jail time when he was convicted of 13 historical sex offences against four boys

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4 h. ago Cabinet minister Lisa Nandy admits prison release blunders are WORSE under Labour

The Culture Secretary said it was 'completely unacceptable' that the crisis had got worse since last year's general election.

Politics

5 h. ago Accidental prisoner releases have gone up under Labour, minister admits

Asked about accidental prisoner releases, Lisa Nandy said ‘even one is too many’ but the government is ‘gripping’ the crisis

Politics

6 h. ago Lisa Nandy defends David Lammy over prison release errors and scrutiny claims

The Culture Secretary said her Cabinet colleague had weighed up which detail to share in the Commons.

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6 h. ago Another inmate on the run from HMP Wandsworth after ‘being freed for wedding’

Another HMP Wandsworth inmate is reportedly on the run after being granted bail for a wedding - after two prisoners were accidentally released in the past two weeks

Politics

7 h. ago New map shows the London prisons with the highest number of early releases

New map shows the London prisons with the highest number of early releases  MyLondon

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11 h. ago SNP ministers and prison service must realise honesty is crucial to releasing Scottish prisoners early

It is a tricky issue to get the public onside with - but transparency will benefit both sides

Politics

12 h. ago Why notorious gangland figure Dominic Noonan has been released from prison early as he's BANNED from parts of Greater Manchester

EXCLUSIVE: The 61-year-old has issued a statement to the Manchester Evening News

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13 h. ago Madeleine McCann prime suspect Christian Bruckner is now free to leave Germany after a shock court ruling

Christian Bruckner, 48, was released from a prison near Hanover in September after serving seven years for the rape of a 72-year-old woman in Portugal in 2005.

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18 h. ago Algerian Man Arrested After Wrongful Release from Prison in London

Algerian Man Arrested After Wrongful Release from Prison in London  Barlaman Today

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23 h. 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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27 h. ago Prisoner release errors rate 'rising faster than UK jail population' says expert

A top prisons researcher has said the government's proposed checks cannot immediately fix a system that is breaking down from multiple angles, with no available 'quick way out'

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29 h. ago The British drug smugglers back in the UK after prison time abroad

Bella May Culley and Lindsay Sandiford have been released from prisons in Georgia and Indonesia respectively

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36 h. ago Private jail among most violent and dangerous in Scotland, new figures suggest

Scotland's only privately run prison has been criticised over figures showing high numbers of prisoner assaults and self harming cases.

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44 h. ago Sex offender mistakenly let out of prison arrested after being spotted by member of public

A police officer told Brahim Kaddour-Cherif that he had a ‘very distinctive wonky nose’ after the 24-year-old claimed he was somebody else during his arrest

Events

46 h. ago Algerian prisoner wrongfully released arrested in North London

Algerian prisoner wrongfully released arrested in North London  Channel 4

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47 h. ago David Lammy is accused of 'hiding an even bigger scandal' after ANOTHER foreign criminal went on the run

Police have been unable to locate violent offender Ola Abimbola who vanished from HMP Ford more than three weeks ago.

Events

50 h. ago Wrongly freed Algerian migrant sex offender slams UK justice, tells cops 'do your job' and shouts 'it's not my fault I was released' in extraordinary tirade as he is re

Algerian sex offender Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, has been rearrested after being accidentally freed from HMP Wandsworth over a week ago.

Society