The mother of a man released from prison after 21 years says she feels she has "lost him again" after he was housed in temporary accommodation miles from home.

Luke Ings, 38, from Bracknell, was freed last month after judges quashed an indefinite sentence he was given as a 17-year-old in 2006.

But his reunion with his family was short-lived as he has been housed in east London, because there was reportedly nowhere appropriate in his hometown.

A Ministry of Justice (MoJ) spokesman said: "Prison teams assess every prisoner's needs before release, working with local services to help secure housing and other support."

Ings was originally convicted in 2006 after admitting offences including a robbery in a Bracknell underpass and an assault on a teenager in a fast-food restaurant.

He received a detention for public protection (DPP) sentence, which allowed him to be held beyond his minimum tariff until he was considered safe to release.

DPP and imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentences were abolished for new cases in 2012, but people already serving them remained subject to the regime.

Ings told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: "I feel like I'm back in prison again to be honest."

He said he was living in supported accommodation where staff re helping him adjust to life outside prison, including learning how to manage Universal Credit, banking and other day-to-day tasks.

But he said being so far from his mother, sister and brother once again has been difficult, adding: "I can only contact my family on the phone again. At least this time we can video call."

His mother, Sam Ings, said the family had been delighted to have him home but was devastated when he was told he would have to move away.

She said: "It has been great to have him home for a week but the Probation Service couldn't find him anywhere local to live and they placed him in a maisonette in east London.

"It was in terrible condition when he first arrived. It's been a real shock for him to be out of prison, reunited with family and now suddenly living somewhere he doesn't know and he has none of his family or support network around."

A Bracknell Forest Council spokesman, which manages social housing in the area, said: "We are not able to comment on individual cases."

The MoJ said release teams worked with probation and local authorities to plan prisoners' returns to the community, including arranging accommodation and referrals for employment, benefits, health and other support.

It said prison leavers at risk of homelessness who are supervised by probation can be offered up to 12 weeks of temporary accommodation.

The Criminal Cases Review Commission, which referred Ings' case back to the courts, said his was one of 25 IPP and DPP cases it had referred since the start of the year.

A CCRC spokesperson said the cases represented "only a fraction of the people who remain caught up in this abolished sentencing regime".