A prisoner at the jail known as Monster Mansion has been deemed so dangerous that he has been given his own ‘escape risk’ category. The HMP Wakefield inmate is ranked as the man most likely to escape
Wakefiled Prison(Image: Getty Images)
A prisoner at the jail known as ‘Monster Mansion’ has been deemed so dangerous that he has been given his own ‘escape risk’ category.
The unidentified inmate held at Wakefield prison is ranked as the man most likely to escape from the UK penal system. He is the only one of the almost 7,500 inmates at the high security establishment in West Yorkshire placed in that category.
HMP Wakefield earned its nickname due to the notoriety of many of its inmates. Its most infamous lifers in recent years have included ‘Dr Death’ Harold Shipman – the GP responsible for the deaths of 250 of his patients – Soham killer Ian Huntley, and child killer Roy Whiting, who was attacked by a fellow inmate.
Wakefield Prison known as ‘Monster Mansion’(Image: Asadour Guzelian)
It wrote: “Wakefield had an operational capacity of 7,441 as of March 2025. The prison roll consisted of 634 non-Category A high risk prisoners and 149 Category A prisoners. Nine are deemed the highest risk, including one ‘escape list’ (E List) prisoner.”
The IMB experts continued: “E-list prisoners at HMP Wakefield are inmates classified as high escape risks, requiring enhanced supervision, including 60-minute interval checks and dedicated, logged monitoring of all movements.
HMP Wakefield(Image: PA)
“HMP Wakefield, a high-security Category A prison in West Yorkshire, houses inmates requiring the highest level of security.”
The Ministry of Justice refused to comment on whether the ‘E’ list inmate was former soldier Daniel Khalife. Khalife escaped HMP Wandsworth in London in 2023 while on remand for terror and spying charges, he was later found guilty and sentenced to over 14 years in prison.
He is seen as one of the highest risk inmates in the prison system as a result of his escape. But the prison service refused to comment on the use of the ‘E’ list in Wakefield or on individual prisoners
