Murders, drugs and self-harm: Wandsworth HMP exposed by BBC amid government plans to close jail
An exposé has drawn national attention towards conditions at Wandsworth Prison following the prison reform proposals announced in Wednesday’s Queen’s
HMP Wandsworth criticised for ‘desperate’ state of prisoners as suicides behind bars rise dramatically
Three prisoners committed suicide in HMP Wandsworth last year as fears grow about the upward trend of self-harm in prisons
Prison workers’ union slams George Osborne’s proposals to close ‘Victorian’ Brixton and Wandsworth jails
London’s ‘Victorian’ jails, such as Wandsworth and Brixton HMPs, are to be closed to make way for new housing in
‘I trusted him and he abused that trust’: Croydon ‘revenge porn’ victim speaks out
“It was hell walking into lectures and knowing that people were looking at private photos of me and laughing,” revealed
Prison union joins chorus of condemnation over Brixton HMP’s ‘unsafe, ineffective and inhuman’ conditions
A prison union has denounced Brixton prison conditions, criticising the ‘powder keg’ caused by over-crowding, under-staffing, and low officer morale.
Lambeth children in trouble with the law ‘set up to fail’ by expensive tagging system, claims prison charity
Children are being tagged and sent to jail due to failings in a system that was designed to protect them,
Croydon couples most likely to cite cheating as reason for divorce
Summary: Figures suggest adultery was more common in Croydon than anywhere else in London. Image: By Molly Kersey Recent divorce
On The Pulse: Should Boris fund more mentoring schemes for London’s youths?
Summary: SW Londoner reporter Nadine Burnham-Marshalleck takes to the streets of Wandsworth to find out. Image: By Nadine Burnham-Marshalleck Mayor