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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/69-inmates-released-by-mistake.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="69 prisoners were released from British jails by mistake last year" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-69-inmates-released-by-mistake.jpg" alt="69 prisoners were released from British jails by mistake last year"/></a></p>
<p>Sixty-nine prisoners were released from British jails by mistake last year.</p>
<p>Sex offenders, burglars and inmates convicted of violence and robbery in England, Wales and Scotland were among those wrongly freed.</p>
<p>The statistics for 2009-10 were disclosed to the BBC after a Freedom of Information Act request.</p>
<p>The majority of criminals mistakenly freed were sent back to jail, but five are understood to be still at large.</p>
<p>It is thought most mistakes were due to prison staff miscalculating release dates.</p>
<p>The figures also revealed that since 2007, 39 prisoners serving sentences for violence, assault or robbery were freed by mistake, as well as six sex offenders.</p>
<p>A spokesman for the Prison Service of England and Wales said most prisoners released in error were returned to custody quickly.</p>
<p>&#8220;The number of releases in error remains very small as a percentage of total discharges. This type of error is a rare but regrettable occurrence,&#8221; he said.</p>
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