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

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rishi Sunak’s government has revealed that 80 prison officers had failed to show up for work at HMP Wandsworth on the day terror suspect Daniel Khalife allegedly escaped from the jail. open image in gallery Khalife allegedly escaped from Wandsworth by strapping himself to the underside of a food delivery vehicle Mr Taylor told The Independent that prison officers “face high levels of stress and at times violence in their work”. But Labour’s Rosena Allin-Khan, the MP for Wandsworth, who asked about staffing, said it “beggars belief” that almost 40 per cent unavailability is considered acceptable. The government chose to ignore my concerns.” open image in gallery Daniel Khalife at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday Labour’s Shabana Mahmood, the shadow justice secretary, said the “astonishing” fact that almost 40 per cent of staff did not turn up “makes it clear that the dire conditions at the prison are having wide-ranging implications”.