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Prison governors in England have been summoned to an urgent meeting with ministers as the government comes under pressure over the wrongful release of two more…

The mistaken release of a second foreign prisoner has forced ministers to re-evaluate their security and release procedures and will once again shine a spotlight on…

Ministers were warned by a watchdog that prisoners were “falling through the cracks” of chaotic release procedures at the jail that mistakenly freed a convicted child…

Five other prisoners have also been released by mistake in the same week a convicted Ethiopian sex offender was allowed to walk free from an Essex…

Good morning. Maybe the most gobsmacking detail about the accidental release of Hadush Kebatu from HMP Chelmsford was this, from a delivery driver who was delivering…

Hadush Kebatu was mistakenly released from a 12-month prison sentence for sexually assaulting a teenage girl, despite the fact that his offences had sparked riots across…

Prisons are expected to begin enhanced checks before inmates are released after a man who sexually assaulted a young girl was mistakenly freed from jail.The justice…

Police searching in London for a former asylum seeker and convicted sex offender who was released from prison in error have urged him to hand himself…

Cuts to education in prisons are derailing offenders’ work and training and ultimately endangering the public, the prisons watchdog has warned.Repeat offenders “cause mayhem” in their…

The Probation Service in England and Wales is failing to monitor and assess tens of thousands of offenders who pose a serious risk to women and…