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<p>Releases in error are taken very seriously and action has been taken to tighten
processes associated with this area of performance. Incidents are infrequent and all
are subject to investigation.</p><p> </p><p>The number of prisoners released in error
from prison in each of the last five financial years is set out in the three tables
below. Table 1 records this information by offence type; table 2 by legal status;
and table 3 records the nature of the error.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Table
1: Releases in error, 2009/10 to 2013/14 by offence</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence Type</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drugs
Offences</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud
And Forgery</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motoring
Offences</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not
Known</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual
Offences</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft
And Handling</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence
Against The Person</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Table 2: Releases in error, 2009/10 to 2013/14,
by legal status</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Legal
status</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Remand</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sentenced</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown/Not
recorded</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="6"><p>Note: does not include persons released in error who were held in custody
as a detainee, civil or other prisoner.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="3"><p>Table 3: Releases in error, 2009/10 to 2013/14, by nature of error</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reason</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjudication
Award Not Processed</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bail
Condition Not Applied</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calculation
Error</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Early
Release</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Error
At Court</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Identity
Issue</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Incorrect
Documentation</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Licence
Recall</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Misapplication
Of Policy</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Misfiled
Warrant</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paperwork
Error</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Recall
Issue</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Remand
Issue</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unclear</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unresolved
Immigration Issues</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fail
To Appear Warrant Overlooked</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Release
Condition Not Met</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outstanding
Absconder</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown/Not
Recorded/Under Investigation</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>This data has been drawn from live incident files and is accurate on 30 September
2014. It is, however, subject to variance due to the nature of the live reporting
system.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of prisoners, their offence(s) and
period of sentence left to serve at the point at which they were released from prison
in error that (a) have and (b) have not been returned to custody in each of the last
five years is not readily available. In order to obtain this information, manual interrogation
of the prisoners’ records and of a central administrative system would need to be
carried out. This could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.</p>
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