3 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

4 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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5 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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10 h. ago David Lammy mocked for 'ordering civil servants' at the Ministry of Justice to call him 'Deputy Prime Minister'

Mr Lammy, whose other main job is Justice Secretary, allegedly orders Ministry of Justice (MoJ) staff to use his 'DPM' title first. Sources close to Mr Lammy denied the claim.

Politics

10 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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16 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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20 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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22 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 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

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

Algerian prisoner wrongfully released arrested in North London  Channel 4

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39 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.

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43 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

43 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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44 h. 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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44 h. ago Algerian sex offender mistakenly released from Wandsworth prison arrested

Algerian sex offender mistakenly released from Wandsworth prison arrested  BBC

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44 h. ago Algerian sex offender released by mistake from Wandsworth prison arrested

Brahim Kaddour-Cherif was arrested in Islington after a huge police manhunt

Events

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

Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, was serving a sentence at HMP Wandsworth in south-west London

Events

44 h. ago Prisoner Brahim Kaddour Cherif released by mistake is arrested after manhunt

Sex offender Brahim Kaddour Cherif was released from HMP Wandsworth prison in error

Events

44 h. ago Wrongly released prisoner arrested after being spotted by member of the public

Brahim Kaddour-Cherif was arrested in Islington, north London, the Met Police said

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45 h. ago Brit drug mule gran Lindsay Sandiford lands at Heathrow after Indonesia prison release

Lindsay Sandiford, 69, has landed at London Heathrow Airport after being released from Death Row in Indonesia. She received a death sentence in 2013 after authorities discovered cocaine valued at $2.14million (£1.7million)

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