Come to the next WPIC Meeting on 10 October 2026 Thank you to everyone who came to our last meeting on 27 June to hear from Tim Kerr of the Howard League. If you want to find out more about Wandsworth Prison or get more involved in the Wandsworth Prison Improvement Campaign come to our next meeting on Saturday 10 October 2026, 10am-1pm in the Wandsworth Quaker Meeting House, 59 Wandsworth High Street, SW18 2PT. If you didn’t buy a Wandsworth Prison Welfare Trust mug at the

This is a summary, produced mostly by AI, of the report of the findings of the Measuring the Quality of Prison Life (MQPL) survey undertaken at HMP Wandsworth from 17–20 November 2025. WPIC obtained a copy of the report through a Freedom of Information request. The survey is based on a random sample of prisoners. It measures prisoners’ perceptions of different areas of prison life based on their experiences over the previous few months at Wandsworth Prison. 83 prisoners compl

Aristotle‘s Prison: A search for humanity in tragic places By Prof. Alison Liebling, PhD Oxford University Press, pp 472 £ 39.99 This is a crucial book. A masterpiece of penal theory. It fights the managerialism of the new penology: “we are running a business now . . . managing prisons not prisoners” …”we don’t have time for luxuries like moral philosophy” with its own weapons: incontrovertible findings created by the system itself. These prove nearly all prisons today are

Amber Rudd. Image courtesy of UK Government On 1 July 2026, Shortly before he was replaced as Lord Chancellor, David Lammy announced that former Home Secretary Amber Rudd would lead a review “to make prisons safer, tackle crime and deliver long-term reform that protects the public”. The review is due to report by December 2026. WPIC has made a submission to the review. Our full response is attached at the end of this post. Because the review required an online response to a n

The death of Alekandras Maslennikovas (AM) illustrates a total lack of professional curiosity from officers or health providers in the prison. They saw a man who had caused no trouble for thirteen months, suddenly start to show signs of extreme depression and fear and hurt himself in a serious suicide attempt, but took no interest in why. Why? They said they liked him, and he told them that it had been a mistake. AM was 47 and a Lithuanian. He was arrested in Britain becaus

Come to the next WPIC meeting on 27 June Thanks to everyone who came to our last meeting on 11 April. We were especially pleased to welcome new family members of men in Wandsworth Prison. Their information about conditions inside Wandsworth is really valuable. We have passed on to the Governor the positive feedback we heard about Wandsworth's Safer Custody team. If you want to find out more about Wandsworth Prison or get more involved in the Wandsworth Prison Improvement Camp