Wandsworth Prison and its Worst Inmates

Josie Klakström
13 min readAug 28, 2020

Located on the south side of the River Thames, HM Prison Wandsworth casts a shadow on the buildings around it.

Built in 1851 and originally named the Surrey House of Correction, the enormous structure currently holds around 1,500 male inmates.

Wandsworth prison via capitalpunishmentuk.org

In the UK penal system, prisons are categorised, depending on the type of inmates they can contain.

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Josie Klakström

Josie is a freelance journo who writes about writing, true crime, culture and marketing. www.truecrimeedition.com