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The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Why doesn’t Lammy just bring in a new policy of accidentally jailing people?

Justice secretary seemed to be the only person not being released, as he hid from questions about latest prison mishaps

The Guardian - UK

Bolivia’s ex-president who oversaw bloody crackdown on protesters freed from prison

Release follows supreme court ruling that overturned Jeanine Áñez’s conviction for allegedly staging coup to seize power

The Guardian - US

Diddy Scores Early Legal Victory With Expedited Appeal, Experts Say Trump Pardon Still 'Possible'

Sean 'Diddy' Combs secures an expedited appeal in his federal case, opening a way to reduce his sentence as experts say a Trump pardon is still possible.

International Business Times UK

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‘The Butt Lady’ found guilty of murdering ER star, sentenced to 15 years in prison

Adame had been convicted in relation to another death caused by a botched butt injection which she carried out in 2019

The Independent UK

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

Woman Sentenced To Prison After Botched Injections Cost Life Of ‘Married With Children’ Star

"I didn't expect this to happen in my wildest dreams."

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Federal Judge Blasts 'Disgusting' ICE Facility Conditions, Orders Basic Humane Treatment for Detainees

“The evidence has been pretty strong that his facility is no longer just a temporary holding facility,” said U.S. District Court Judge Robert Gettleman. “It has really become a prison.”

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Accidentally freed prisoner Brahim Kaddour-Cherif was let out of immigration centre this summer, court hears

Judge Rosa Dean ordered prosecutors to provide more information on Brahim Kaddour-Cherif

Evening Standard

‘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

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

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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

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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.

International Business Times UK

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.

The Guardian - 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

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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

Evening Standard

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

The Independent UK

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’

Evening Standard

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

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

AAP

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.

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