What FOI Told you today: Fourteen Manitoba prisoners have been released from jail by mistake since the beginning of 2007

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Prisoners accidentally freed


By PAUL TURENNE, Winnipeg Sun



Last Updated: June 7, 2010 1:44pm


Fourteen Manitoba prisoners have been released from jail by mistake since the beginning of 2007, according to statistics obtained by the Opposition Tories.



The Tories released figures Monday that they received from Manitoba Justice through an access to information request related to accidental releases from custody.



The figures show that three people have been released from custody by mistake so far in 2010. Similar mistakes happened six times in 2009, twice in 2008, three times in 2007 and not once in 2006, according to the same document.

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