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To the families and friends of people in Wandsworth Prison
Tell us about your experience of visiting someone in Wandsworth Prison The Chief Inspector of Prisons is interested in your views about...
Apr 25, 20252 min read


WPIC visits the prison: Signs of improvement but progress is slow
Outside spaces are cleaner WPIC visits Wandsworth Prison Members of the WPIC Steering Group were invited by the Governor, Andy Davy, to...
Mar 7, 20256 min read


What training do we want for our prison officers?
This is the evidence submitted by the Wandsworth Prison Improvement Campaign (WPIC) to the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs...
Feb 1, 202520 min read


Tackling drugs in prisons
This is Liz Bridge's submission to the House of Commons Justice Select Committtee inquiry into Tackling Drugs in Prisons. Liz is the...
Jan 31, 20259 min read


Rehabilitation and Reducing Reoffending
This is WPIC's submission to the House of Commons Justice Select Committee's inquiry into Rehabilitation and resettlement: ending the...
Jan 28, 202514 min read


WPIC submission to Sentencing Review
Who we are This submission is made by the Wandsworth Prison Improvement Campaign (WPIC), a unique local group that has emerged from...
Jan 12, 20255 min read


A review of our first year at Wandsworth Prison Improvement Campaign
January – Our first WPIC meeting, following Liz Bridge’s talk to Wandsworth Quakers the previous month. The steering group is formed and...
Dec 31, 20244 min read


WPIC meets the Chief Inspector
On 19 November, members of the WPIC steering committee met with Charlie Taylor, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (HMCIP) and head of HM...
Nov 26, 20243 min read


Transforming Criminal Justice
On 15 October WPIC's Liz Bridge spoke at an impressive forum ‘Transforming criminal justice: People, Prevention, Prisons' organised by...
Oct 17, 20242 min read


David W died of heatstroke in Wandsworth Prison
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...
Sep 3, 20243 min read


HMP Wandsworth Action Plan - how long will it take?
These are our initial thoughts on HM Prison and Probation Service's Action Plan in response to the Chief Inspector of Prison’s Urgent...
Sep 1, 20242 min read


Dear Lord Chancellor
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....
Aug 19, 20242 min read


Why did Piotr die?
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...
Aug 5, 20242 min read


How do I hand in clothes for a prisoner at Wandsworth?
Updated July 2025. This post was originally published in July 2024 by Wandsworth Prison Improvement Campaign because many families told...
Jul 15, 20244 min read


When will Wandsworth Prison get better?
There are reasons to be optimistic about Wandsworth Prison. The appalling conditions have been officially acknowledged by the Chief...
Jul 14, 20242 min read


Write to the people who want to be your MP
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...
Jun 10, 20242 min read


General Election: What will you do about prisons?
Parliamentary candidates and their parties need to know that people care about the state of our prisons and the waste of money they...
Jun 4, 20242 min read


Crisis in our prisons: the facts
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...
Jun 3, 20242 min read


Be an undercover reporter
Help us get the information to find out if Wandsworth Prison is improving. The Chief Inspector's Urgent Notification revealed the...
May 20, 20242 min read


Dear Prisons Minister . . .
Wandsworth Prison Improvement Campaign has written to Edward Argar, the Minister for Prisons, to follow up the Chief Inspector's Urgent...
May 10, 20242 min read
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