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Who we are This submission is made by the Wandsworth Prison Improvement Campaign (WPIC), a unique local group that has emerged from...

January – Our first WPIC meeting, following Liz Bridge’s talk to Wandsworth Quakers the previous month. The steering group is formed and...

On 19 November, members of the WPIC steering committee met with Charlie Taylor, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (HMCIP) and head of HM...

On 15 October WPIC's Liz Bridge spoke at an impressive forum ‘Transforming criminal justice: People, Prevention, Prisons' organised by...

The latest inquest into a death at Wandsworth Prison found that David W died of heatstroke. David W, 46, was remanded into custody at HMP...

These are our initial thoughts on HM Prison and Probation Service's Action Plan  in response to the Chief Inspector of Prison’s Urgent...

Here is the text of a letter we have sent to The Right Honourable Shabana Mahmood MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice....

Who  really cared for Piotr M when he died in Wandsworth prison in June 2021? If you had a brother or son who was held in the prison and...

We know that many families have difficulty in handing in clothes for loved ones in Wandsworth. The rules are not clear, judgements about...

There are reasons to be optimistic about Wandsworth Prison. The appalling conditions have been officially acknowledged by the Chief...

Here is a template you can use to write to the people who want to be your MP, asking them what they will do about prisons. You can make...

Parliamentary candidates and their parties need to know that people care about the state of our prisons and the waste of money they...

Whichever party wins the 2024 General Election will have to deal with the crisis in our prisons as a matter of urgency. These are the...

Help us get the information to find out if Wandsworth Prison is improving. The Chief Inspector's Urgent Notification revealed the...

Wandsworth Prison Improvement Campaign has written to Edward Argar, the Minister for Prisons, to follow up the Chief Inspector's Urgent...

Less than a week after completing his unannounced inspection, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor, has written to the Justice...

Most people never get so see inside a prison. This is what you need to know about HMP Wandsworth. Facts About HMP Wandsworth It's...

A letter from Liz Bridge, former chaplain at HMP Wandsworth and the spokesperson for the Wandsworth Prison Improvement Campaign. If you...

All you need to know about writing to your local MP and Minister for Prisons about HMP Wandsworth.

Some people might argue that prisoners deserve what they get, so why should we make things nicer for them? There are good reasons why we...