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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Eleni Courea Political correspondent

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

Brahim Kaddour Cherif in front of a white van.
Algerian national Brahim Kaddour Cherif, who had overstayed his visa, is one of two criminals recently released by Wandsworth prison in London. Photograph: Metropolitan Police/PA

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 prisoners, including a convicted foreign sex offender.

Alex Davies-Jones, a justice minister, told broadcasters she was “furious” about the “unacceptable” situation where an average of 22 people are wrongly released from prisons each month in England and Wales.

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