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A prisoner It is believed freed from error It turns out that he was actually released legally after additional investigation.
Meanwhile, another prisoner Released by mistake, he is now behind bars.
This means the current total number of prisoners at large after being accidentally released is two, the Justice Minister lord timpson Told the Parliament.
However, he added that “things can change rapidly”.
The Labor frontbencher said the mistakes were “symptomatic of a system stretched to its limits”.
Data released by the Justice Ministry on Tuesday showed that there were 91 accidental releases between April 1 and October 31 this year.
The problem has been thrust into the spotlight following the debacle that led to the release of sex offender Hadush Kebatu, now a deported migrant, and the asylum hotel in Epping, Essex at the center of protests.
Tighter security checks for prisons were announced and an independent investigation was launched in response to the controversy.
Justice Secretary David Lammy told MPs earlier this week that three prisoners are currently at large after being mistakenly released, while officials were investigating a possible case of mistaken release on November 3, and that person may still be at large.
The Deputy Prime Minister said that according to their prison records none of the three were confirmed convicted sex offenders, and two were British citizens and one was a foreign national offender.
Updating peers on Thursday, Lord Timpson said: “I can now tell the House that the potential case to which the Deputy Prime Minister referred was in fact an erroneous release.
“I can also confirm that this individual was immediately remanded to police custody the same day and returned to jail the next morning. I thank leicestershire police For its diligent work.”
He added: “Finally, the foreign national criminal, who was one of three referred by the Deputy Prime Minister, was today classified as having a lawful release after additional investigation.
“What I just told you means that the current total number of wrongful releases from prison is two.”
But the minister added: “These are all operational matters and, as I’m sure the noble Lord appreciates, things can change quickly.”
Lord Timpson told the upper house: “Faulty releases are symptoms of a system stretched to its limits.
“Prisons are filled almost to the limit, which makes them an even more challenging environment. I pay tribute to prison staff working in incredibly difficult conditions.
“What we’re talking about here is a paper-based system, in which the sentences of individual prisoners are decided each time they arrive at a new prison.”
Prison staff cuts under previous Tories highlighted GovernmentThe minister said: “That’s about 6,000 fewer people. The impact of this is that, today, more than half of frontline prison staff have less than five years’ experience. This makes mistakes more likely to occur.”
He further said, “The previous government had 14 years to solve this problem.
“The reason they haven’t done it is not because they haven’t tried, but because it is a complex and difficult task.
“I have accepted this challenge and what we are working together is a sensible and achievable plan.”
The Labor former Home Secretary Lord Reid of Cardowan said: “I am sure that under previous Secretaries of State for Justice and Home Secretaries, including myself, there have been frequent involuntary releases of prisoners.”
Lord Carter of Haslemere, a former top legal adviser to successive prime ministers, said: “Prisoners have been released in error for decades. I know because I used to advise on sentence calculations in the Home Office legal advice branch in the 1990s and I was a prison service legal adviser.
“It was difficult then, it is extremely difficult now because of all the changes that have happened on the statute book.”
The independent crossbencher said: “The statute book is completely messed up as far as calculating what release date applies to a particular prisoner.
“All prisoners are in different situations. Some have extra days, some have completed different remand periods.”