Wandsworth Prison is a prison in Wandsworth in south London, England. It was built in 1851 when it was known as the Surrey House of Correction. It was designed according to the humane Panopticon principle with a number of corridors radiating from a central control point and each prisoner having toilet facilities. Subsequently, the toilets were removed to increase prison capacity and the prisoners had to engage in the humiliating process of 'slopping-out' until 1996. Wandsworth contains two wings. The smaller one was originally designed for women but now houses the Vulnerable Prisoners Unit - primarily those convicted of sex offences.
WandsworthPrison is a prison in Wandsworth in south London, England.
It was designed according to the humane Panopticon principle with a number of corridors radiating from a central control point and each prisoner having toilet facilities.
Subsequently, the toilets were removed to increase prison capacity and the prisoners had to engage in the humiliating process of 'slopping-out' until 1996.
The main part of the prison, having 4 wings radiating from the centre, was for male prisoners with a smaller separate building for females.
Wandsworth took condemned prisoners from Surrey in the first instance but with the ending of executions at Lewes after 1914, also took those condemned in Sussex and later those from Kent.
Wandsworth continues as the main prison for Surrey and South London to the present day and with the prison population at record levels, holds some 1,300+ men, most at the start of their sentences before they are dispersed to other prisons.
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