🔍 Prison Blunder: Six Wrongful Releases in a Week! 📉
A shocking week for the justice system as six prisoners have been mistakenly released! 🚨 This surprising revelation comes after Hadush Kebatu, an Ethiopian national and migrant offender, was wrongly freed from HMP Chelmsford last Friday. Instead of heading to an immigration detention centre, he roamed freely until captured in London after a two-day manhunt.
According to Mark Fairhurst, the national chairman of the Prison Officers’ Association, this isn’t an isolated incident. In just seven days, five other prisoners were released by mistake across various UK jails. What’s causing this chaos? Fairhurst points toward inadequate staff training and the early release schemes adding to the confusion. 📋
Mistaken releases occurred at HMP Pentonville, HMP Durham, The Mount, and Reading Crown Court. 😲 Meanwhile, an independent investigation is underway to untangle the errors that led to Kebatu’s release. A prison officer has already been suspended pending this probe. But rest assured, new measures are being put in place to prevent these blunders from happening again. ✔️
No additional staff suspensions have been reported for the other releases, but the POA stands firm against scapegoating their colleagues. Fairhurst insists the mistakes stem from a variety of procedural lapses rather than individual failings.
With the Justice Secretary promising stricter release checks, only time will tell if these tightened protocols will bring the order back to our prisons. 🏛️🔐 Stay tuned as more details unfold!
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