Wandsworth prison has been described by the chief inspector as not being fit for purpose - EDDIE MULHOLLAND FOR THE TELEGRAPH The governor at Wandsworth jail has narrowly avoided prison herself after ...

HMP Wandsworth is the most overcrowded prison in the country, official data shows. The scandal-hit jail holds 62 per cent more people than its design capacity, Ministry of Justice figures show. One of ...

The Victorian jail is holding 62% more people than it is designed for, according to figures from the Ministry of Justice. Wandsworth, one of the largest prisons in the UK, currently has 1,444 inmates ...

Two prisoners were released in error from Wandsworth prison just days apart – the third high-profile mistaken release in as many weeks. Brahim Kaddour-Cherif was ...

A man took his own life just hours into arriving at HMP Wandsworth, after staff failed to check his records. A watchdog found staff missed several opportunities to identify the high suicide risk posed ...

Scandal-hit HMP Wandsworth is the most overcrowded prison in the country, data shows - but one Yorkshire prison isn’t far behind.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to the Howard League for Penal Reform, Category B prisons tend to be the most overcrowded, with a "constantly churning ...

A second prisoner from HMP Wandsworth has been released in error just days after another man was wrongly freed from the prison. Brahim Kaddour-Cherif was reportedly ...