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The Latest Breaking News from HMP Wandsworth

Mistakenly freed sex offender jailed again for biting police officers

Brahim Kaddour-Cherif sparked a manhunt last November after he was accidentally released from HMP Wandsworth

The Independent UK

Man wrongly released from London jail admits crimes after recapture

Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, was accidentally released from HMP Wandsworth while awaiting trial

Evening Standard

More than 2,600 prison staff ‘facing deportation’ under new visa rules

Justice Secretary David Lammy already under pressure after prisoner release fiasco at HMP Wandsworth

Evening Standard

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AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister

HMP Wandsworth gets ‘green light’ to use AI after team sent in to find ‘quick fixes’ after spate of mistakes

The Guardian - UK

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.

Evening Standard

AI chatbot is Government's new recruit at HMP Wandsworth to stop inmates being wrongly freed

Prisons minister Lord Timpson said the southwest London jail had been given the ‘green light’ to use artificial intelligence

Evening Standard

Four more mistakenly-released prisoners at large – after manhunt for sex offender ends with arrest

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

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Manhunt continues for wrongly released prisoner as pressure mounts on Lammy

Police are still looking for Brahim Kaddour-Cherif who was mistakenly set free from HMP Wandsworth.

Evening Standard

Overcrowding, understaffing and old IT: chaotic context to prison release errors

Mistaken releases from HMP Wandsworth should come as little surprise given near-impossible circumstances

The Guardian - UK

Prisoner hands himself in after three days, as manhunt continues for migrant

Billy Smith, 35, handed himself back in after he was mistakenly released from HMP Wandsworth.

Evening Standard

Robert Jenrick accuses David Lammy of 'Bulls****' on live TV amid row over mistaken prisoner releases

The comment came as pressure piles on the Justice Secretary after prisoners were mistakenly released from HMP Wandsworth

Evening Standard

UK Prison Release Scandal: Two Inmates Freed by Mistake in Days — and the Hidden Yearly Total Is Even More Shocking

Two inmates were wrongly freed from HMP Wandsworth as data shows 262 mistaken releases in a year, exposing major flaws in the UK prison system.

International Business Times UK

Prisoner manhunt continues as Lammy faces slew of questions

Police are trying to track down two inmates released in the last week from HMP Wandsworth.

Evening Standard

Released by Mistake: Algerian Migrant Sex Offender Freed in Prison Blunder—Nationwide Manhunt Underway

UK authorities are scrambling to recapture Algerian sex offender Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, wrongly freed from HMP Wandsworth in a shocking prison blunder that's triggered outrage, political fallout, and a nationwide manhunt.

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Police launch double manhunt as two prisoners mistakenly released from jail

It comes after migrant Hadush Kebatu was wrongly released from HMP Chelmsford on October 24.

The Independent UK

Prisoner release error puts troubled HMP Wandsworth back in the spotlight

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

Evening Standard

A jail in crisis: HMP Wandsworth back in the spotlight with latest scandal

While prisoners released in error is on the rise, chaos at HMP Wandsworth has been previously laid bare

Evening Standard

Police manhunt as second foreign prisoner mistakenly released from jail

Algerian Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, was accidentally freed from HMP Wandsworth last week but police were only told on Tuesday.

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Prisoner manhunt LIVE: Wrongly freed man hands himself back in to London jail

Surrey Police said Billy Smith handed himself into to HMP Wandsworth following his accidental release

The Guardian - UK

David Lammy under pressure as two more prisoners mistakenly freed

Algerian sex offender and a fraudster released by Wandsworth jail, days after new checks brought in

Evening Standard

Police manhunt after another foreign prisoner mistakenly released from jail

The Algerian man was accidentally freed from HMP Wandsworth on October 29, police said.

The Independent UK

Wandsworth prison manhunt latest: Prisoner found three days after accidental release but another on loose

Manhunt continues for prisoner Brahim Kaddour-Cherif

Evening Standard

Fury as two prisoners wrongly released from HMP Wandsworth in a week – and police weren’t told about one for six days

Anger as Metropolitan Police say they were only informed on Tuesday that migrant sex offender Brahim Kaddour-Cherif was on the run, six days after his ‘release in error’

Evening Standard

OPINION - Boris Becker: From HMP Wandsworth to a prison for foreigners, what I learnt about the British system

Murderers, paedophiles... and a former Wimbledon Champion. The tennis star reveals how he survived in jail

Evening Standard

HMP Wandsworth prisoner ‘would still be alive’ without failings, watchdog rules

Staff repeatedly missed opportunities to help Rajwinder Singh, 36, who took his own life, a report has found

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