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Woolly hats on Christmas list for Wandsworth prisoners

Prisoners at HMP Wandsworth are getting woolly hats for Christmas, thanks to their chaplains who have launched an initiative to

Exterior grey building Wandsworth Prison

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).

IPP prisoner population plateaus

“It’s like sticking a plaster on a shotgun wound” – The prisoners working on the frontline of a mental health crisis

Training to help people with severe mental health difficulties can take years to complete. Yet thousands of prisoners across the

‘Wandsworth Prison’s ‘subhuman’ conditions make mental health worse’

An author who spent nine months in Wandsworth Prison in 2016 has opened up about how the conditions of the

Exterior grey building Wandsworth Prison

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

Pioneering play set to be performed in Wandsworth Prison

A play set in 1916 Wandsworth Prison is to be performed for inmates in the prison’s chapel this May. The

Can education prove effective in rehabilitating prisoners?

Basit Mahmood talks to a campaigner, a former prisoner and prison governor about the importance of using books to turn

Vigil outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London after Swedish prosecutors drop charges against Julian Assange

Activists gather in support of Julian Assange outside Ecuadorian embassy

A vigil in support of Julian Assange took place outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Friday, hours after Sweden dropped

Prison workers’ union slams George Osborne’s proposals to close ‘Victorian’ Brixton and Wandsworth jails

London’s ‘Victorian’ jails, such as Wandsworth and Brixton HMPs, are to be closed to make way for new housing in

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,

MoJ apologises for ‘misleading’ parliament over prison crowding – Wandsworth HMP already branded ‘in crisis’

A Minister of Justice spokesman apologised today for ‘unacceptable’ misleading figures under-representing the extent of overcrowding in prisons, months after

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