Twelve more prisoners released in error, with two still missing, says Lammy

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A bar chart titled 'rise in prisoners released in error'. The numbers are as follows: 2015: 49 releases in error 2016: 64 2017: 72 2018: 66 2019: 64 2020: 50 2021: 46 2022: 54 2023: 81 2024: 115 2025: 262 Figures from 2023 onwards include releases in error identified after the end of the reporting period.

Justice Secretary David Lammy has said 12 prisoners have been accidentally released in the past three weeks, two of whom are still at large. Read More