Investigation launched over escape of Daniel Khalife from category B facility, cabinet minister confirms
An investigation into why a former soldier accused of terrorism who is now on the run was held in a lower-level security prison is under way, a cabinet minister has said.
Khalife was on remand at HMP Wandsworth, a category B rather than a high-security prison, awaiting trial in relation to terrorism and Official Secrets Act offences. Prisoner escapes remains “very rare”, Donelan told Sky News. She said she was confident that “a lot of lessons will be learned” as a result of the investigation into Khalife’s disappearance.
Prof Ian Acheson, a former prison governor and head of security at HMP Wandsworth, called it a “catastrophic system failure that actually starts with the allocation of Khalife to Wandsworth”. He said the prison was filthyinfested by vermin, and that “on any day, up to 44% of frontline staff are unavailable to work”. “Morale is awful. I mean, frankly, if you can’t even get the bins emptied at a place like Wandsworth, what else is going on?” Acheson added.
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