Aug. 06 2024
Source Page: Lord Chancellor orders urgent action to improve HMP WandsworthFound: Lord Chancellor orders urgent action to improve HMP Wandsworth
Mentions:
1: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) Wandsworth.In his letter and report, Charlie Taylor raises specific concerns about HMP Wandsworth, and - Speech Link
Mar. 11 2010
Source Page: Review of prison transfers prior to HMCIP inspection. 32 p.Found: B HMP Altcourse HMP Bedford HMP Belmarsh HMP Birmingham HMP Bristol HMP Brixton HMP Bullingdon
Written Evidence Jan. 28 2025
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: At HMP Wandsworth inspectors found admission procedures under immense strain due to the jail receiving
Written Evidence Mar. 05 2025
Inquiry: Prison culture: governance, leadership and staffingFound: WPIC is a local community group formed to push for action to improve the conditions in HMP Wandsworth
Correspondence Dec. 10 2024
Committee: Justice Committee (Department: Ministry of Justice)Found: I can also advise that there is an additional court moving to HMP Holme House from HMP Durham.
Mentions:
1: Robert Jenrick (Con - Newark) In HMP Manchester, almost four in 10 prisoners have tested positive in mandatory drug tests, and in HMP - Speech Link
2: Grahame Morris (Lab - Easington) Let me draw the Minister’s attention to the anti-drone system at HMP Guernsey, which very effectively - Speech Link
3: Gavin Williamson (Con - Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge) Featherstone, HMP Oakwood and Brinsford young offender institution. - Speech Link
4: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) Two months ago in the House, I raised concerns that HMP Garth had been likened to an airport because - Speech Link
Asked by: Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of healthcare provision in HMP Wandsworth.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Healthcare services at HMP Wandsworth underwent inspection, jointly undertaken by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons and the Care Quality Commission, in May 2024. The joint inspectorate noted that improvements had been made across the provision of healthcare since the last inspection. The full report is available at the following link:
https://hmiprisons.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmipris_reports/hmp-wandsworth-3/
NHS England continues to monitor service provision and the quality of the healthcare service, meeting with the healthcare provider on a quarterly basis to discuss quality and assurance matters. Quality and assurance visits to the service are also taking place, attended by the Lead Commissioner and Clinical Quality Lead.
Written Evidence Jan. 09 2025
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: At HMP Wandsworth for example, 61% of prisoners were convicted unsentenced or on remand when we inspected
Asked by: Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the correspondence of 12 and 26 September 2024 from the Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending to the hon Member for Tooting on HMP Wandsworth, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of installing protective netting in HMP Wandsworth to prevent drone incursions.
Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
Additional netting is one of a number of measures that HMP Wandsworth is seeking to progress in the coming months, in order to address the shortcomings that have been identified by HM Inspectorate of Prisons
HM Prison & Probation Service is continuing to work collaboratively with the Metropolitan Police to ensure appropriate sharing of intelligence to support the apprehension of those involved in drone use.