Police searching for Algerian sex offender freed from Wandsworth jail by mistake along with convicted fraudster – days after justice secretary claimed he’d introduced strictest-ever prison checks following Epping migrant blunder

The error comes just days after sex offender migrant Hadush Kebatu was wrongly freed from HMP Chelmsford

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…

Police are continuing the search for a migrant sex offender who was wrongly freed from jail

Billy Smith, 35, returned to Wandsworth prison after being mistakenly released on Monday

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

Brahim Kaddour-Cherif was arrested in Islington, north London, after being spotted by a member of the public

Government under increasing pressure as four prisoners wrongly freed mark just some of a number of high-profile cases