Eighty prison staff absent on day Daniel Khalife escaped

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Eighty prison staff absent on day Daniel Khalife escaped

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Nearly 40% of prison officers did not turn up for work at Wandsworth prison on the day terror suspect Daniel Khalife escaped, it has been revealed.

The 21-year-old former soldier has been charged with escaping in a van on 6 September.

On that day, 80 prison officers did not turn up for their shift - 39% of all staff expected on duty - Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures show.

The government said staffing levels were "above the minimum" level needed.

But Dr Rosena Allin-Khan, Labour MP for Wandsworth, said the government "must get a grip" on staffing at the prison.

Dr Allin-Khan, who uncovered the staffing figures through a question in Parliament, said: "It is deeply concerning that on the day Khalife escaped, just 60% of prison officers turned up for duty.

"With such low staff numbers, mistakes were bound to happen."

Prisons could not safely run education or work programmes with staff shortages, Dr Allin-Khan told the BBC. There was "no reason for Daniel Khalife to be in the kitchen" on the morning he escaped, she added.

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