Tag: HMP Wandsworth
The IMB at HMP Wandsworth’s annual report for the year 1 June 2025 to 31 May 2026
HMP Wandsworth had another year of recovery from its low point in 2023 with many new and promising initiatives but its underlying problems, beyond the control of the management team, remain unchanged.
Wandsworth 2025-26 annual report
Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Wandsworth for reporting year 1 June 2025 to 31 May 2026
Wandsworth 2024-25 annual report – ministerial response
Letter from Lord James Timpson, Minister of State for Justice, in response to the Wandsworth 2024-25 annual report.
HMP Wandsworth shows progress under new leadership despite ongoing challenges
The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) at HMP Wandsworth is pleased to note in its 2024-25 annual report (published 10 October 2025), that positive new leadership and a sense of strategic direction has enabled the prison to begin to address long-term problems.
Wandsworth 2024-25 annual report
Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Wandsworth for reporting year 1 June 2024 to 31 May 2025.
Wandsworth 2023-24 annual report – ministerial report
Letter from Lord James Timpson MP, Minister of State for Justice, in response to the Wandsworth 2023-24 annual report.
HMP Wandsworth – A failing prison says the Independent Monitoring Board
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.
Wandsworth 2023-24 annual report
Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Wandsworth for reporting year 1 June 2023 to 31 May 2024.
Wandsworth 2022-23 annual report – ministerial response
Letter from Damian Hinds MP, Minister of State for Justice, in response to the Wandsworth 2022-23 annual report.
Unsafe and inhumane conditions at HMP Wandsworth
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.