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MOJ fined over prison data leak

The Ministry of Justice is to be fined after emailing the records of prisoners at Cardiff jail to inmates' families.

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MOJ to be fined over Cardiff prisoners' records

There are 1,182 inmates at Cardiff Prison. Credit: David Jones/PA

The Ministry of Justice is to be fined £140,000 after the personal details of all the prisoners at Cardiff jail were mistakenly e-mailed to three inmates' families.

The Ministry says it treats the security of information very seriously and that it took immediate steps to recover the data as soon as the loss was reported.

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