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HMP Wandsworth: Telephone Services

Commons · Question 59477 · Tabled 12 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 17 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Rosena Allin-Khan

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the level of prisoner phone call charges included in current contracts for HMP Wandsworth on prisoners..

Answer

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 17 Jun 2025

This Government is aware of the importance of allowing prisoners to maintain contact with family and other positive relationships, and the positive influence this can have on their wellbeing and rehabilitation. Provision of in-cell telephony is one of sev...