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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Nicholas Cecil and Rachael Burford

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

David Lammy Prison Justice Billy Smith Brahim KaddourCherif Hadush Kebatu The Metropolitan Police

At a glance

• Up to 40 more prisoners could be wrongly released before Christmas, with errors now averaging 22 a month and 262 inmates released by mistake in the year to March

• Two inmates, convicted sex offender Brahim Kaddour-Cherif and fraudster Billy Smith, are currently on the run after being mistakenly freed from HMP Wandsworth

• The government has launched an urgent review, summoned prison governors, and brought in tech experts to address chaotic release processes

David Lammy has admitted that the Government has a "mountain to climb" in tackling the prisons crisis as it emerged that 40 more inmates may be wrongly freed before Christmas.

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