TWO prisoners are still on the loose after being mistakenly set free last year.
Another two, who were set free by accident in June 2025, also remain missing.
Four prisoners released in error are still at large, the PA news agency understands.
The names of the four still missing, as well as why they were imprisoned and the reason for their mistaken release, remain unclear, but details are emerging as ministers face pressure over a number of high-profile mistaken releases.
Two other men are now back in custody after high-profile manhunts this week found the two who were released in error from HMP Wandsworth.
On Friday Algerian national Kaddour-Cherif, 24, was arrested more than a week after the blunder which saw him released from HMP Wandsworth in London.
The Metropolitan Police said he was detained after he was spotted by a member of the public in Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park, north London, just before 11.30am on Friday.
“Officers responded immediately and he was arrested,” the force said.
It is understood they form part of the 262 prisoners in England and Wales who were mistakenly released in the year to March 2025.
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: “The vast majority of offenders released by mistake are quickly brought back to prison, and we will do everything we can to work with the police to capture the few still in the community.
“These cases only further expose the scale of the crisis in our prisons we inherited. This will not be fixed overnight, but we are using every possible lever to bear down on these errors.”
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