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

Accidental prisoner releases have gone up under Labour, minister admits

Asked about accidental prisoner releases, Lisa Nandy said ‘even one is too many’ but the government is ‘gripping’ the crisis

Prison crisis is 'Our problem now...we are going to grip it' says Lisa Nandy

Lisa Nandy repeats the government's position that it is "gripping" the issues facing prisons, citing a review being led by Dame Lynne Owens.

Govt 'gripping' prisons crisis as 'unacceptable' mistaken releases hav

The government is “gripping” the prisons crisis, minister Lisa Nandy told Sky News, as she said it is “unacceptable” the number of prisoners being wrongly released has risen. Ms Nandy, the culture secretary, told Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips that Justice Secretary David Lammy has made a senior appointment “to make sure we really grip this” after it was revealed this week two prisoners had been mistakenly released. She said the number of w…

Will Lisa Nandy call Anas Sarwar and see if he can find out how Scotland’s prisons manage to keep prisoners in prison with not one on the run here but 22 in England? He already knows how

Professor John Robertson OBA Labour’s Lisa Nandy, speaking for Home Secretary, David Lammy I guess, this morning to agree that it’s unacceptable that there are currently 22 prisoners in England, released in error and ‘out there.’ Are there any reports of prisoners released in error in Scotland who have yet returned to prison? No absconding cases identified: Despite the volume of errors, all available reports from November 2025 explicitly state o…