Wandsworth Prison viral video officer is out of jail and talking. So is the inmate.
Neither account surprises anyone who has followed two years of crisis at our local prison.
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Roehampton man jailed for seven years in £1.5m cocaine operation
Marc Evans ran a cutting and distribution network from his Burke Close bedroom.
Wandsworth releases men into nothing. Some die. Some sleep at the gate.
Watchdog has no recommendations after one death; bail releases come with no support.
We have the UK’s most overcrowded prison
Ministry of Justice figures show 1,444 men held in space designed for 894, as a wing-by-wing renovation stretches to 2034.
The same failures, the same prison, the same verdict: another Wandsworth death was preventable
Ombudsman Adrian Usher has now twice found that a Wandsworth prisoner might not have died had they been held elsewhere.
Three men died at Wandsworth Prison within eight days
The ombudsman is investigating but has not published a cause for any of them.
Drone gang behind Wandsworth prison drops jailed for 22 years
One of their drones crashed into a local backyard. A man knocked on the door to get it back.
Another death at HMP Wandsworth as ombudsman opens 27th investigation
Third in-custody death since governor appointed to reform crisis-hit jail in 2024.
National auditors confirm prison drug crisis as drones exploit broken security – Wandsworth awaits £100m
Government underspent £72m on security and maintenance as half of all prisoners face drug problems.
Three arrested after Wandsworth Prison drone smuggling attempt thwarted
Police intercept suspected contraband delivery in early morning operation.