7 d. ago Sally Rooney says UK prisoners linked to Palestine Action face ‘shocking mistreatment’

Exclusive: author urges ministers to engage with those on hunger strike, who want better conditions, bail and lifting of banSally Rooney has pleaded with the UK government to address the “shocking mistreatment” of Palestine Action-affiliated prisoners who are on hunger strike, saying she fears for their welfare.Six prisoners awaiting trial are refusing food, including two who have been on hunger strike for more than two weeks and are already said to have lost considerable weight and be struggling physically. Their demands include improved jail conditions, release on bail and lifting the ban on Palestine Action. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Prisoner ‘released in error’ was actually freed lawfully, minister says

Justice minister Lord Timpson said the foreign national was let out legally after checks were made

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2 w. 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.

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2 w. ago Police arrest Algerian migrant sex offender who was released from prison by mistake

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

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2 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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2 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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2 w. ago Second prisoner released by mistake as another manhunt launched

Two prisoners including a convicted sex offender were accidentally freed from the same jail in less than a week, sparking a major manhunt for two different police forces

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2 w. ago Police manhunt as second foreign prisoner mistakenly released from jail

Algerian Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, was accidentally freed from HMP Wandsworth last week but police were only told on Tuesday.

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2 w. ago Rattled Lammy refuses to say whether prisoner has been accidentally freed from jail

Deputy prime minister lashes out during PMQs and tells shadow minister to ‘get a grip’ after repeated questions over the bungled release of Hadush Kebatu

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2 w. ago Police manhunt after another foreign prisoner mistakenly released from jail

The Algerian man was accidentally freed from HMP Wandsworth on October 29, police said.

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2 w. ago Rattled Lammy cannot say whether another asylum seeker has been accidentally freed from jail

Deputy prime minister lashes out during PMQs and tells shadow minister to 'get a grip' after repeated questions over the bungled release of Hadush Kebatu

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4 w. ago Yes, Keir Starmer is Britain’s most unpopular PM ever. That could liberate him | Polly Toynbee

Forget the public vitriol and use the next four years to get things done – first and foremost, whatever it takes to stop ReformWhat hell is the life of politics. Look around that cabinet table: each person is confronted with near impossible-portfolios without the means to do what they know is needed. After another nightmare week, many in the dark watches must ask themselves why the hell they gave their lives to this brutally thankless task.Their inheritance was even more ruinous than feared: they were bequeathed landmines, dishonest traps and gaping holes. Brexit is emerging as even more economically crippling than expected, now losing the exchequer £80bn a year. They are blighted by bad luck: the Trump destroyer landed on their watch. What worse mishap than a prison officer setting free a refused asylum-seeker sex offender? Small boat arrivals feel unstoppable. An unfortunate deputy leadership election right now was bound to give Keir Starmer a bruising. The 11% vote share at the C...

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4 w. ago Government’s justice reforms aim to restore public trust in system – minister

Reforms include further prison time for criminals who refused to turn up to their sentencing, and restricting parental rights for rapists.

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