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Trial delay for former soldier Daniel Khalife after alleged prison escape

The 22-year-old was due to stand trial in November but a judge has said that date is now ‘wholly unrealistic’.

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

Troubling conditions at HMP Wandsworth ‘by no means unique’ to the jail

An Independent Monitoring Boards report on Wandsworth Prison painted a bleak picture of conditions at the south-west London site.

The Independent UK

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

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

The Independent 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

The Guardian - UK

Criminals may be freed early to ease overcrowding as prison crisis laid bare

Dire warning from the chief of UK prison governors who tells The Independent the ‘nuclear button could be pressed very soon’

The Independent UK

Young inexperienced prison officers at risk of ‘grooming’ from most dangerous criminals

Exclusive: Nearly a third of prison officers at category A, high-security jails have fewer than three years of experience

The Independent UK

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Violence, isolation and rat-infested cells: insiders on the state of English and Welsh prisons

Inmates and staff paint a picture of an overcrowded and understaffed prison system that doesn’t appear to be working

The Guardian - UK

One in 10 prisons in England and Wales should be shut down, watchdog says

Exclusive: Chief inspector of prisons says 14 Victorian jails cannot provide proper accommodation for inmates

The Guardian - UK

A British ex-soldier pleads not guilty to escaping from a London prison

A former soldier who allegedly snuck out of a London prison by strapping himself under a food delivery truck has pleaded not guilty to escaping custody

The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

Former soldier Daniel Khalife pleads not guilty to escaping Wandsworth prison

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

The Independent UK

Staff shortages an issue amid ‘deeply worrying’ prison deaths in England

Inquests flag up gaps in the care of prisoners in relation to at least nine deaths in custody since 2021

The Guardian - UK

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

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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

Daniel Khalife: escapes are just one symptom of a failing prison system

Following the recapture of escaped terror suspect Daniel Khalife, there will no doubt be an inquiry into the prison system and how an inmate managed to apparently strap himself to a van and be driven out under the noses of prison security. But whether another inquiry prompted by a prison…

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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.

Evening Standard

Can justice secretary Alex Chalk survive the prisons crisis?

The MP for Cheltenham is battling a justice system in meltdown and a jailbreak. Katie Strick profiles the man of the moment in SW1

The Independent UK

Wandsworth prison ‘escapee’ Daniel Khalife’s mother breaks silence: ‘He doesn’t live in reality’

Farnaz Khalife said she was worried about her son and just wants to ‘help him’

Evening Standard

Daniel Khalife’s mother says her son does ‘not live in reality’ as she urges him to seek help

Mother of terror accused breaks silence to urge son to seek help

The Independent UK

Terror suspect ‘who escaped prison using bedsheets found with bag of cash and Waitrose shopping’

Ex-soldier Daniel Khalife was pushed off bicycle by undercover officer as he rode along canal towpath in Northolt, west London on Saturday

The Week

Daniel Khalife escape: how secure are UK prisons?

The escape of terror suspect Daniel Khalife from Wandsworth prison was hardly “The Shawshank Redemption”, said The Independent, but the “audacious” breakout invited a great deal of attention – and the “clamour for a scapegoat”.

The Independent UK

Daniel Khalife ‘may have used bedsheets’ in escape from Wandsworth prison

The 21-year-old former soldier was arrested on a canal towpath in west London on Saturday morning

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