Tag: HMP Wandsworth

The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) at HMP Wandsworth today (22 August 2024) publishes its 2023-24 annual report. This was another very difficult year, with prison management again constrained by staff absence and hindered by underfunding and lack of support from the prison service. Acceptable levels of decency were not met and exercise, education and meaningful activities were curtailed. For much of the reporting year, men had to choose between exercise, showering, or other housekeeping during the brief periods each day when they were allowed out of their cells.

Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Wandsworth for reporting year 1 June 2023 to 31 May 2024.

Letter from Damian Hinds MP, Minister of State for Justice, in response to the Wandsworth 2022-23 annual report.

Conditions in HMP Wandsworth reflect the failures of the prison system as a whole. In its latest annual report, the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) of HMP Wandsworth reports no real progress in resolving problems caused by years of underinvestment in the fabric, facilities and staff at the prison.

Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Wandsworth for reporting year 1 June 2022 to 31 May 2023.

Letter from Damian Hinds MP, Minister of State for Justice, in response to the Wandsworth 2021-22 annual report.

Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Wandsworth for reporting year 1 June 2021 - 31 May 2022.

Letter from Victoria Atkins MP, Minister of State for Justice and Minister for Afghan resettlement, in response to Wandsworth 2020-21 annual report.

Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Wandsworth for reporting year 1 June 2020 to 31 May 2021.

Letter from Lucy Frazer QC MP, Minister of State for Justice, in response to Wandsworth 2019-20 annual report.