HMP Wandsworth: Suicide
Commons · Question 59478 · Tabled 12 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Rosena Allin-Khan
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of self-inflicted deaths of prisoners in HMP Wandsworth.
Answer
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 19 Jun 2025
Every death in custody is a tragedy and we continue to do all we can to improve the safety of prisoners.HMP Wandsworth entered the HMPPS cluster death support process in 2023, and a task force chaired by the Prison Group Director for London has been overs...