Recommendations 11 items · 7 repeated
Recommendations were extracted from the report by AI, and responses and their status from the ministerial response by AI. Each recommendation shows whether its wording has been checked against the report.
Addressee: Ministry of Justice · Topic: Overcrowding · Repeated from a previous year
Recommendation (the Board's words)
With the establishment dangerously overcrowded and living conditions inhumane what immediate term actions will the Minister authorise to redress the shortage of resources – human, financial and physical?
Government response (as published)
No improvement, HMP Wandsworth remains chronically overcrowded
Addressee: HMPPS · Topic: Healthcare · Repeated from a previous year
Recommendation (the Board's words)
The new multi-million pound healthcare centre has still not opened over one year after its original scheduled opening date. Prisoners have therefore been deprived of the benefit it would have brought. When will the centre open?
Government response (as published)
The new healthcare building continues to be fraught with delays, design errors and logistical problems. As a result, the building has not yet been opened. The loss to prisoners and taxpayers continues.
Addressee: Governor / Director · Topic: Safety
Recommendation (the Board's words)
How do you propose reducing the disproportionately high number of assaults committed by the 18-25 cohort?
Addressee: Ministry of Justice · Topic: Resettlement · Repeated from a previous year
Recommendation (the Board's words)
HMP Wandsworth is a reception establishment yet housing services are only offered to sentenced prisoners. When will these services be extended to unsentenced prisoners?
Government response (as published)
The Minister is misinformed, unfortunately remand prisoners still receive no housing support.
Addressee: HMPPS · Topic: Estate · Repeated from a previous year
Recommendation (the Board's words)
Men have endured another year of inadequate shower facilities coupled with numerous boiler failures resulting in periods of no hot water or heating. When will the old and inadequate heating and water systems be replaced with modern, efficient equipment?
Government response (as published)
While the showers have been refurbished there were simply not enough of them. G wing had showers on G1 and G2; on one landing only two were working, on the other only three. This meant that 125 men had to shower during their one hour of social and domestic time, when they had to do everything else as well. H wing was no better, it had one set of showers with six stalls for 140 men to be shared within the same daily one hour time frame. Officers remarked that if men did not queue then they missed their slot, and if they did queue then they missed the opportunity to do anything else.
Addressee: Governor / Director · Topic: Education · Repeated from a previous year
Recommendation (the Board's words)
When will the prison take seriously its obligation to provide regular access to the library?
Addressee: Ministry of Justice · Topic: Overcrowding · Repeated from a previous year
Recommendation (the Board's words)
Is there a prison building programme to alleviate chronic overcrowding as well as providing spaces for the anticipated rise in prisoner numbers?
Government response (as published)
HMP Wandsworth is yet to see the benefit of this investment.
Addressee: HMPPS · Topic: Staffing · Repeated from a previous year
Recommendation (the Board's words)
Staff recruitment is managed centrally. Would the Service consider involving HMP Wandsworth in the process to ensure that suitable staff are selected and given a realistic understanding of the role, thus reducing staff turnover?
Addressee: Governor / Director · Topic: Healthcare
Recommendation (the Board's words)
Non delivery of medications has been a major concern to the Board this year. What is being done to ensure that this improves?
Addressee: HMPPS · Topic: Regime
Recommendation (the Board's words)
What plans are there to provide meaningful activity to remand prisoners, given that their stay is often lengthy?
Addressee: Governor / Director · Topic: Healthcare
Recommendation (the Board's words)
With the current staff shortages, will it be possible to operate the new healthcare centre safely?