Govt 'gripping' prisons crisis as 'unacceptable' mistaken releases have risen, minister says

The authorities is "gripping" the prisons crisis, curate Lisa Nandy told Sky News, arsenic she said it is "unacceptable" the fig of prisoners being wrongly released has risen.

Ms Nandy, the civilization secretary, told Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips that Justice Secretary David Lammy has made a elder assignment "to marque definite we truly grip this" aft it was revealed this week 2 prisoners had been mistakenly released.

She said the fig of wrongful releases had gone up nether the existent government, from 17 a period nether the Conservatives, to 22, but added that it was "completely unacceptable".

Algerian enactment offender Brahim Kaddour-Cherif was recaptured connected Friday, with his apprehension witnessed by Sky News, portion Billy Smith handed himself in.

Days earlier Kaddour-Cherif's release, Mr Lammy had promised to instrumentality further checks connected captive releases aft migrant enactment offender Hadush Kebatu was earlier released by mistake.

Regarding wrongful captive releases, Ms Nandy said: "Even 1 is excessively many, and the justness caput is gripping this by appointing Dame Lynne Owens, who is the erstwhile manager of the National Crime Agency, to marque definite that we truly grip this."

She said that volition statesman with looking astatine the "antiquated" paper-based strategy inactive being used, but besides by gathering caller prisons and much checks to forestall prisoners from being wrongly released.

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