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David Lammy accused of ‘rank incompetence’ over prisoner debacle
- David Lammy, the Justice Secretary, has been accused of "rank incompetence" due to mistakes in releasing prisoners, leading to significant criticism from fellow ministers and Labour frontbenchers.
- An Algerian prisoner, Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, who is on the sex offenders register, was mistakenly released from HMP Wandsworth and was later recaptured.
- Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer expressed anger over the mistakes, calling them "intolerable" and acknowledging the need for systemic changes to prevent future errors.
- David Lammy confirmed Kaddour-Cherif's recapture and thanked police, while acknowledging the crisis in the prison system inherited from the previous government.
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