Troubling conditions at HMP Wandsworth ‘by no means unique’ to the jail
An Independent Monitoring Boards report on Wandsworth Prison painted a bleak picture of conditions at the south-west London site.
An Independent Monitoring Boards report on Wandsworth Prison painted a bleak picture of conditions at the south-west London site.
Monitors said prisoners were crammed into 12ft by 8ft cells.
Charlie Taylor said in an ideal world he would shut the prison, but it was needed to service the courts and because of a ‘crisis’ in prison places.
In the Annual Prison Performance Ratings for 2022/23, published in July, it was rated as a ‘serious concern’.
A Government source said the reforms ‘would remove a key barrier to getting flights off the ground’ if implemented.
The UK Government’s controversial policy is currently facing challenges in the courts.
Suella Braverman said the government was ‘working to make this happen as soon as possible’.
A report, which details inspections carried out at three Kent migrant processing units in 2021, was published this week.
Inspectors found women who said they had been raped by smugglers were ‘not adequately supported’, and lone children were held with unrelated adults.
Race is an important issue for the monarchy after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex accused an unnamed member of the royal family of a racist comment.
The Falcons held on to secure the away win.
Mice and rats were found in HMP Rochester, according to a report.
The Independent Monitoring Board for London Heathrow and City airports said better facilities were needed.
The incident has been described as ‘dehumanising authoritarianism’.
The chief inspector of prisons said 47% of the inmates were released from HMP Cardiff with no accommodation to go to, during a six-month period.