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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

Forty more prisoners more could be wrongly released from jail before Christmas unless the system impr

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