DPM statement on Brahim Kaddour-Cherif

Statement from the Deputy Prime Minister, David Lammy on Brahim Kaddour-Cherif's recapture.

Deputy Prime Minister, David Lammy said:

I can confirm Brahim Kaddour-Cherif has been recaptured and is back in custody.

My thanks are with the police and staff at HMPPS who have been working around the clock.

We inherited a prison system in crisis and I'm appalled at the rate of releases in error this is causing.

I'm determined to grip this problem, but there is a mountain to climb which cannot be done overnight.

That is why I have ordered new tough release checks, commissioned an independent investigation into systemic failures, and begun overhauling archaic paper-based systems still used in some prisons.