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A foreign prisoner has been mistakenly released from HMP Wandsworth, prompting a police manhunt and reigniting concerns over the scandal-hit Victorian jail.
Police are continuing the search for a migrant sex offender who was wrongly freed from jail
Police searching for Algerian sex offender freed from Wandsworth jail by mistake along with convicted fraudster – days after…
Downing Street has said the figures are ‘shocking’ and show a a ‘failing criminal justice system’
Government under increasing pressure as four prisoners wrongly freed mark just some of a number of high-profile cases
Two accidentally released prisoners remain at large, the justice secretary confirms
The error comes just days after sex offender migrant Hadush Kebatu was wrongly freed from HMP Chelmsford
Second mistaken release exposes deep cracks in England’s prison system
Ministers were warned of errors at jail that released sex offender by mistake
Police ‘urgently’ looking for prisoner freed by mistake in London
England prison chiefs summoned to urgent meeting with ministers over wrongful releases
