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The Justice Secretary has been urged to provide clarity on the scale of accidental prisoner releases after it emerged a prisoner was mistakenly counted as having been freed in error.

Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick said he would ask David Lammy in the Commons on Tuesday to make clear how many prisoners have been accidentally released since April 1 this year and how many are still at large.

He said in a letter to Mr Lammy that he would also ask how many of those released in error are violent or sexual offenders.

It comes after a prisoner was mistakenly counted

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