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London prison healthcare worse than national average, say prisoners

London prison healthcare was worse than the national average for men’s prisons in key areas, according to prisoner survey data.

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Catering company and Feltham Prison join forces to prepare prison-leavers for life outside of prison

A luxury catering company and a Feltham prison are working together to prepare inmates for life outside of prison, lowering

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Wandsworth prison deemed inhumane and unsafe

Conditions at HMP Wandsworth are inhumane and unsafe according to the IMB report, noting serious overcrowding and increased violence. The

Prisoners left without clean underwear and socks for up to 11 weeks at HMP Wandsworth, claim their lawyers

Three detainees at HMP Wandsworth were left without access to clean underwear or socks for up to 11 weeks between

Wandsworth Prison living conditions deemed unacceptable

Living conditions at Wandsworth Prison were described as totally unacceptable by a report from the prison’s Independent Monitoring Board (IMB).

Lockdown conditions may have made prisons safer but what at what cost to prisoners’ mental health?

Prisoners and members of staff are calling for the relaxation of COVID restrictions in prisons in the latest report by

23-hour Wandsworth prison lockdown damages mental health, say families

Extreme lockdown conditions inside Wandsworth prison are damaging the mental health of prisoners, their families have claimed. Inmates in Wandsworth

Prison guard jailed for smuggling drugs and contraband into HMP Wandsworth for firearms offender

A prison officer who smuggled hard drugs, mobile phones and wine into HMP Wandsworth was jailed today. Kwaku Boakye, 59, of

Murders, drugs and self-harm: Wandsworth HMP exposed by BBC amid government plans to close jail

An exposé has drawn national attention towards conditions at Wandsworth Prison following the prison reform proposals announced in Wednesday’s Queen’s

HMP Wandsworth criticised for ‘desperate’ state of prisoners as suicides behind bars rise dramatically

Three prisoners committed suicide in HMP Wandsworth last year as fears grow about the upward trend of self-harm in prisons

Convicted robber wrongly released from HMP Wandsworth months into nine-year jail term

A convicted robber has been mistakenly released from Wandsworth Prison just months into a nine-year jail sentence. Ryan Byrne, 34,

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