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‘I was not equipped with all the detail’ over prisoner release error – Lammy

Mr Lammy has faced scrutiny over his handling of the mistaken release of a second foreign prisoner.

Evening Standard

Who are the prisoners mistakenly released from Wandsworth Prison?

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

The Independent UK

British grandmother sentenced to death in Bali on drugs charges returns to UK

Lindsay Sandiford spared firing squad on ‘humanitarian grounds’ after over a decade of incarceration in notorious Kerobokan prison

The Independent UK

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Smiling wrongly released prisoner William Smith hands himself back in to Wandsworth prison

Convicted fraudster William ‘Billy’ Smith smiled and waved as he walked back into the south London jail

Evening Standard

Mistakenly released prisoner Billy Smith turns himself in

Police continue hunt for Algerian sex offender Brahim Kaddour-Cherif as fraudster returns to Wandsworth jail

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

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Kim Kardashian claims prisoner 'put out a hit' on her life

Kim Kardashian has alleged that someone in prison has "put out a hit" on her life.

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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

Lammy says he was not ‘equipped with the details’ when facing questions on mistaken prisoner release at PMQs – as it happened

Deputy PM accused of being ‘dishonest’ and his performance at PMQs ‘a disgrace’ by Tory MPs

The Guardian - UK

England prison chiefs summoned to urgent meeting with ministers over wrongful releases

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

The Guardian - UK

Lammy admits 'mountain to climb' on prisons crisis as 40 more inmates may be wrongly freed before Christmas

Pressure is increasing on the Justice Secretary David Lammy over his handling of the blunders

Evening Standard

David Lammy told to ‘get a grip’ as search continues for mistakenly freed prisoners

Robert Jenrick has expressed a lack of confidence in David Lammy and said the deputy prime minister’s performance at PMQs was a ‘disgrace’

The Independent UK

Prison governors in crisis talks as hunt continues for wrongly released inmates

Justice minister Alex Davies-Jones said she was furious about the situation.

Evening Standard

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Inmate who had seizure failed by health department

Overworked prison medical staff failed to give appropriate care to a disabled inmate who suffered an epileptic seizure, an inquest has heard.

AAP

Underworld kingpin Mokbel avoids a return to prison

Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel has been sentenced to time already served after losing a bid to have one of his trafficking convictions quashed.

Evening Standard

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.

The Independent UK

Police preparing for 6% crime surge in first year if sentencing reforms go ahead

Service bosses estimate that the additional demand on police if changes are made will cost £300 million to £400 million.

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The Guardian - UK

Prison sentencing reforms will lead to up to 6% rise in crime, police chiefs say

Government plans include more short sentences being suspended and earlier releases from jail

Evening Standard

Three prisoners arrested after child killer found dead in cell

The incident comes less than a month after paedophile singer Ian Watkins was stabbed to death at the same prison.

The Independent UK

Arizona man facing decades in prison for letting child die in a hot car while he watched adult videos is found dead

The child’s mother reportedly texted Christopher Scholtes to remind him to stop leaving their children in the car

Evening Standard

Lammy ‘not informed of key details’ when questioned about prisoner release error

The Ministry of Justice has defended David Lammy, after he failed to answer questions about the mistaken release of Brahim Kaddour-Cherif.

The Independent UK

Key executive convicted of defrauding JPMorgan Chase is sentenced to over 5 years in prison

A top executive at a startup company that helped college students apply for financial aid has been sentenced to over five years in prison for cheating JPMorgan Chase in a $175 million buyout four years ago

Euronews

UK police hunt for two more wrongly released prisoners days after new measures brought in

The inadvertent releases heap further embarrassment on the Prison Service, which has been starved of resources for many years.

Evening Standard

How prisoner was wrongly released from Wandsworth prison revealed

Fraudster William Smith was released from HMP Wandsworth on the same day he was jailed

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