The accidental release of two prisoners from Wandsworth Prison in the last week has put a spotlight on the Ministry of Justice, following the release of Hadush Kebatu in error last month.

Some 10,737 foreign nationals were in prison at the end of September, down on the quarter but up year on year.

Britain's justice minister said on Thursday that a spike in prisoners being wrongly released from jail was unacceptable, as he and the government faced mounting pressure to address a crisis exposed by the release of a migrant sex offender.

A Colombian man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing two men in London and dumping their remains in suitcases in southwest England

Police have arrested two men on suspicion of murder after the former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins was stabbed to death at a prison in northern England.

The number of people dying in prison has reached a record high, with more deaths over the past 12 months than at the peak of the Covid pandemic. In the year to September 2025 there were 411 deaths