Breakdowns in communication, staffing and security show how years of neglect have left jails stretched beyond control

Algerian man, 24, ‘released in error’ from HMP Wandsworth two days after stronger checks for jails were brought in

The prison was put into special measures last year, with an urgent notice to improve

Breakdowns in communication, staffing and security show how years of neglect have left jails stretched beyond control

Police searching for Algerian sex offender freed from Wandsworth jail by mistake along with convicted fraudster – days after justice secretary claimed he’d introduced…

Justice minister promises digital overhaul of ‘archaic’ paper system partly blamed for average of 22 people being wrongly freed each month

Smith, 35, was sentenced to 45 months for multiple fraud offences on Monday and freed in error the same day