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Nearly 200 criminals were released from prison by mistake between April last year to March as Labour has been slammed for leaving 98 per cent of victims in the dark. Only three victims involved in the cases of 179 mistakenly released prisoners were notified of the Prison Services's error. An official report published in April showed there were 179 cases of inmates being let go early. Of the 179, there were 14 victims who were on the Probation Service's Victim Contact Scheme, which gives those impacted by a serious and violent crime the right to receive information about the offender, but only three were given notice of the mistake. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The data was obtained by the Conservatives through a Freedom of Information request. Shadow Justice Secretary Nick Timothy said Labour had "broken" the trust victims place in the criminal justice system. He said: "David Lammy offered what he called an unequivocal apology for his erroneous release scandal. It was not worth the paper it was written on. "Victims of crime place their trust in the system to treat them with basic dignity, to tell them, at minimum, when the person who wronged them has been let out of prison by accident. Labour have broken that trust." MORE TO FOLLOW... LATEST DEVELOPMENTS Net Zero 'madness' destroying jobs as union turns on Labour and likens party to Margaret Thatcher Israel launches retaliatory strikes on Iran in defiance of Donald Trump as ceasefire pushed to brink Keir Starmer set to impose internet restrictions on millions of Britons within days Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter
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