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What is the truth behind large bills and long delays for improvements at Wandsworth Prison? Our struggle to find out the facts Over the...

On 12 May 2025 HM Inspectorate of Prisons published its Independent Review of Progress (IRP) at Wandsworth Prison. This follows the...

Twelve months ago, in May 2024, the Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie Taylor, said that he had never encountered such despair as he...

Tell us about your experience of visiting someone in Wandsworth Prison The Chief Inspector of Prisons is interested in your views about...

Outside spaces are cleaner WPIC visits Wandsworth Prison Members of the WPIC Steering Group were invited by the Governor, Andy Davy, to...

This is the evidence submitted by the Wandsworth Prison Improvement Campaign (WPIC) to the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs...

This is Liz Bridge's submission to the House of Commons Justice Select Committtee inquiry into Tackling Drugs in Prisons. Liz is the...

This is WPIC's submission to the House of Commons Justice Select Committee's inquiry into Rehabilitation and resettlement: ending the...

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...

Updated July 2025. This post was originally published in July 2024 by Wandsworth Prison Improvement Campaign because many families told...

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...