4 d. ago Two prisoners released by mistake are are still at large, David Lammy tells BBC

The Justice Secretary, David Lammy, said he didn't want to give a 'running commentary' on the hunt for the two prisoners

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4 d. ago Government issues update as two mistakenly released prisoners still at large

The two mistakenly freed prisoners are understood to not be violent or sexual offenders

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4 d. ago Twelve more prisoners in England and Wales released in error in last month

Justice secretary David Lammy says two are still at large and overall ‘trend is downwards’Prisoners continue to be released mistakenly with a further 12 inmates let out of jail in error since November, the UK justice secretary has revealed.David Lammy told BBC Breakfast that despite the latest figures the “trend is downwards” after improvements to the system were put in place. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Jails chaos: 12 more prisoners released by mistake in weeks and two still on the run, says David Lammy

The blunders take the total freed by error to more than 100 since April

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4 d. ago David Lammy says 12 more prisoners have been mistakenly released

Two accidentally released prisoners remain at large, the justice secretary confirmed

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4 d. ago David Lammy says two more prisoners have been mistakenly released

It comes after a string of high-profile accidental releases

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3 w. ago Yet another prisoner released by mistake while awaiting trial as cops hunt him

William Wenham was serving a two-year sentence and waiting to face trial for aggravated burglary - but then he was released by mistake

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3 w. ago Police launch manhunt for ANOTHER prisoner released by mistake after he was allowed to leave jail while awaiting trial

William Wenham was serving a two-year sentence and waiting to face trial for an offence of aggravated burglary when he was released in error from HMP Rochester on Tuesday June 3 this year.

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3 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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3 w. ago Three prisoners released by mistake every week, new figures show – as Lammy admits three inmates still at large

Justice secretary David Lammy is set to face tough questioning from MPs on Tuesday

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3 w. ago Three prisoners a week set free by mistake since April, new figures show

An average of three prisoners a week have been wrongly set free in the last seven months

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

This is a breaking news story and is being constantly updated by our reporters as the breaking news story develops

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3 w. ago Three prisoners released by mistake every week since April, new figures show

Justice secretary David Lammy is set to face tough questioning from MPs on Tuesday

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3 w. ago BREAKING: Exact number of prisoners released by mistake confirmed

Justice Secretary David Lammy will give a statement to MPs in the House of Commons after the Ministry of Justice confirmed that 91 criminals have been freed in error since April 1

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3 w. ago Lammy urged to end ‘scandal’ of people imprisoned for own protection

Exclusive: Removing courts’ power would help vulnerable adults and children and ‘free up jail spaces’, experts say, in wake of recent manhunts to find missing prisoners released by mistake

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3 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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3 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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4 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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4 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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4 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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