The prison was “still reeling” from Khalife’s “very high-profile” escape and that security remained a “serious concern”
It was a jail break which shone a light on the “shocking” level of chaos at HMP Wandsworth, and brought the crisis in prisons across England and Wales to the fore.
The jail was “severely overcrowded” when inspectors visited between April and May, holding more than 1,500 men when it only had capacity for 979. Detailed inspection findings, published in August, described how record keeping at the jail was “so poor”, with staff displaying an “inability to account for prisoners during the working day”.
Since November 2022, the prisons watchdog has issued an urgent notification on nine jails, including Wandsworth. An audit carried out in the wake of Khalife’s escape found a raft of security failings at the jail, another report published in August said.
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