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Today, the government has announced an independent investigation into how a migrant sex offender was released from prison.
Speaking in the House of Commons the Justice Secretary David Lammy told mps that the release appears to have been “human error”. The Conservatives have called the mistake a “national embarrassment”. Adam and Chris are joined by HM Inspectorate of Prisons.
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