The jail's Independent Monitoring Board found staff were subjected to an average of 10 attacks per week by inmates
The jail’s Independent Monitoring Board found staff were subjected to an average of 10 attacks per week by inmates
Inmates used drones to transfer banned goods around the prison, with the confiscation of 1,900 litres of illicitly brewed alcohol, more than 330 mobile phones and 210 drug finds. The report went on to state how the prison was “dangerously overcrowded” and most men were sharing cells designed for one-person occupancy.
Journalist and documentary maker Chris Atkins was jailed there for fraud – he wrote a book detailing his life behind bars.Former singer and convicted sex offender Gary Glitter was initially imprisoned at Wandsworth after his conviction in 2015.The report indicated that “no real progress in resolving problems” was “caused by years of underinvestment in the fabric, facilities and staff at the prison.
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