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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

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‘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

Evening Standard

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 Guardian - 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

The Independent UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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

Woman held in east London on suspicion of assisting an offender

Evening Standard

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

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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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Daniel Khalife pleads not guilty to escaping custody at HMP Wandsworth

The 21-year-old appeared via video link from HMP Belmarsh at the Old Bailey to deny the charge

The Independent UK

Former soldier Daniel Khalife pleads not guilty to escaping Wandsworth prison

Daniel Khalife is accused of strapping himself to a food delivery vehicle

Evening Standard

Eighty prison officers at HMP Wandsworth skipped shifts on day of Daniel Khalife escape

Khalife allegedly escaped from HMP Wandsworth on September 6 by strapping himself to a food delivery lorry

The Independent UK

80 prison officers skipped shifts on day of Daniel Khalife escape

Khalife allegedly escaped from HMP Wandsworth on September 6 by strapping himself to a food delivery lorry.

The Independent UK

Daniel Khalife: 80 prison officers didn’t show up for work on day terror suspect escaped

Nearly 40 per cent of HMP Wandsworth staff failed to turn up on the day of the prison break, Tory minister admits, as National Crime Agency boss is brought in to investigate

The Independent UK

Former NCA director-general appointed investigator in Daniel Khalife case

Khalife, 21, allegedly escaped from HMP Wandsworth by strapping himself to a food delivery vehicle.

The Conversation

The dire state of British prisons – and what they could learn from Europe to get better

Prisoners and prison officers have long been familiar with the dire state of the UK’s prisons. The escape of Daniel Khalife from HMP Wandsworth in London now has many people wondering what life is like behind bars.

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