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The mistaken release of a foreign prisoner at HMP Wandsworth has put the scandal-hit Victorian jail back into the headlines once again.

The Met Police have launched a manhunt to track down Algerian man Brahim Kaddour-Cherif after he was accidentally released last Wednesday.

This happened less than a week after migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu was freed by mistake at HMP Chelmsford instead of being taken to a immigration removal centre.

While prisoners released in error is on the rise, chaos at HMP Wandsworth has been previously laid bare through a high-profile prison

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