Wandsworth Prison: ‘a place of hell’
Pressure is growing on the Government to tackle a growing crisis in Wandsworth Prison. Filthy, overcrowded and rife with violence - and this week we revealed a sophisticated criminal network of drugs gangs working inside the South London jail.
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Prisoners are being left addicts with spiralling debt, their families threatened with violence outside, if they don't pay up. Now a new campaign has been launched to demand the Government improve conditions.
At a packed public meeting last night, former prisoners described it as "lawless", "inhumane" and a place where men were being left to rot - with little chance of rehabilitation.
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