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HMP Wandsworth in London, Daniel Khalife has been charged with escaping custody at the prison, the Metropolitan Police have said, September 10, 2023
A LONDON prison has been denounced as a place of “deaths, drugs and despair” by inspectors who have given the government just 28 days to take action.
Prison officers’ union the POA said HMP Wandsworth was symbolic of the government’s wrecking of the whole prison service through austerity.
The damning report from HM Prisons Inspectorate, which called for the prison to be put into emergency measures, sparked the resignation of Wandsworth governor Katie Price.
Our members face serious violence, crumbling workplaces and exposure to dangerous drugs — it is outrageous we still cannot legally use our industrial muscle to fight back and defend ourselves, writes STEVE GILLAN
Working in a high-risk sector, prison officers’ calls for proper PPE must be heeded – and the POA will be fighting to ensure effective protection at work is delivered, writes MARK FAIRHURST
AN “alarming” ingress of drugs at a prison led to the most inmate deaths in Wales and England last year, inspectors reveal today.