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'I escaped prison to be upgraded to high security section away from sex offenders'

Fellow inmates at HMP Wandsworth included prolific sex offenders and terrorists, he said

Evening Standard

Daniel Khalife tells court: I escaped prison to be kept in high security unit

Fellow inmates at HMP Wandsworth included prolific sex offenders and terrorists, he said.

The Independent UK

Prison officers dismissed for joking about inmate’s suicide

Two officers at HMP Wandsworth sent messages in staff WhatsApp group celebrating death of 21-year-old

The Guardian - UK

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HMP Wandsworth prison officers 'made vile jokes about inmate's suicide'

One prison officer wrote ‘splendid if so. Total p***k’ after an inmate died at HMP Wandsworth

Evening Standard

Ex-soldier Daniel Khalife accused of prison escape ‘pencil rolled’ from under food truck, court told

Daniel Khalife is alleged to have escaped from HMP Wandsworth in south London

Evening Standard

Ex-soldier accused of prison escape ‘pencil rolled’ from under truck, court told

Daniel Khalife is alleged to have escaped from HMP Wandsworth in south London.

The Independent UK

Former soldier Daniel Khalife ‘gave Iran fabricated waffle’ to ‘get rid’ of them, court hears

Daniel Khalife is alleged to have escaped from HMP Wandsworth in September 2023 by tying himself to the underside of a food delivery truck using bedsheets

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Guards at scandal-hit Wandsworth Prison failed to notice inmate had died

HMP Wandsworth was put into special measures to tackle chronic overcrowding, rampant drug use, and violence

Evening Standard

‘Inhumane’ and understaffed Wandsworth Prison ‘having worst year in memory’, finds report

Watchdog accuses Ministry of Justice of having ignored its concerns over crisis-stricken London prison

The Independent UK

Ministers 'ignoring serious concerns over violence and staffing at HMP Wandsworth', says damning new report

‘Appalling’ conditions at major men’s prison in west London are ‘worst in memory’, says inspectors’ report

Evening Standard

‘Shocking’ chaos at HMP Wandsworth was ‘in plain view of leaders’, report finds

The Ministry of Justice said it was deploying extra specialist staff and redirecting £100 million to the scandal-hit prison.

Evening Standard

‘Shocking’ HMP Wandsworth to get £100million and extra staff amid scandals

Charlie Taylor, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, found failures in leadership ‘at every level’ at the south London jail in damning report

Evening Standard

Scandal-hit HMP Wandsworth to receive £100m to tackle ‘shocking’ failings

Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood warned that the report shows the ‘reality of a prison system in crisis’

The Independent UK

HMP Wandsworth had seven inmate suicides in past year, report finds

Prison hit by scandals over high-profile escape and officer-prisoner sex is to be given £100m and extra specialist staff

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HMP Wandsworth prison officer 'was coerced into sex with inmate', friend claims

Linda De Sousa Abreu, 30, pleaded guilty to misconduct in public office on Monday

Evening Standard

Met police officer who 'offered to supply drugs at swingers parties' dies in prison

Warren Arter is understood to have died at the HMP Wandsworth despite efforts to revive him

The Guardian - UK

As an ex-prison officer, here’s what I think about the Wandsworth jail sex video scandal

The film of an officer allegedly having sex with an inmate in a cell has gone viral. I worry that cuts create conditions in which corruption can flourish, writes former prison officer Alex South

The Independent UK

Woman charged after viral Wandsworth Prison video showed ‘officer having sex with inmate’

Linda De Sousa Abreu, 30, will appear at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on Monday

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Woman arrested after video apparently shows UK prison officer having sex with inmate

Met police began investigating on Friday after being made aware of video allegedly filmed at HMP Wandsworth

Evening Standard

Police make second arrest over prisoner Daniel Khalife's 'escape' from HMP Wandsworth

Woman held in east London on suspicion of assisting an offender

The Guardian - UK

Man arrested in connection with Daniel Khalife alleged prison escape

Individual, who is not a member of staff at HMP Wandsworth, bailed until late April

The Guardian - UK

Two-thirds of prisons officially overcrowded in England and Wales

HMP Wandsworth holding more extra prisoners than any other jail despite recent high-profile problems

The Independent UK

Trial of former soldier Daniel Khalife accused of escaping HMP Wandsworth to be pushed back

Daniel Khalife is accused of terror offences and escaping from HMP Wandsworth by strapping himself to the underside of a food delivery van

The Independent UK

State of ‘escape’ prison laid bare as inmates secretly brew alcohol in cells

Conditions at HMP Wandsworth were described as ‘unacceptable’ and ‘inhumane’

The Guardian - UK

HMP Wandsworth staff faced ‘10 assaults a week’ before prisoner escaped

Independent report says shortage of staff and resources made effective security very difficult

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