Good morning. A 21-year-old terror suspect went on the run this week after escaping from Wandsworth jail, reportedly after clinging to the bottom of a delivery van. At the time of writing, former soldier Daniel Khalife is still at large, despite 150 counter-terrorism officers trying to hunt him down. It is just the latest crisis to engulf the failing prison system in England and Wales, with German authorities recently refusing to extradite an alleged drug trafficker to the UK because he risked being held in too poor conditions while awaiting trial.
The audacious escape has kicked off a huge row over prison cuts. An Observer investigation last month found that three-quarters of prisons in England and Wales are in appalling conditions, with severe overcrowding, high levels of suicide and self-harm and dangerous staff shortages.
