The Latest Breaking News from HMP Wandsworth

HMP Wandsworth prisoner dies after staff fail to properly give him CPR

Peter Honnor, 55, died of myocarditis at the south London prison in June 2024

Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2025

David Lammy under growing pressure as new manhunt launched for foreign offender who strolled out of prison

Ola Abimbola, who is 21-year sentence for offences including kidnap, grievous bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon in public, is being hunted by Sussex Police

Evening Standard · Nov 7, 2025

How prisoner was wrongly released from Wandsworth prison revealed

Fraudster William Smith was released from HMP Wandsworth on the same day he was jailed

Evening Standard · Nov 5, 2025

Prison guard faces jail after admitting sex with HMP Wandsworth inmate

Linda De Sousa Abreu admitted misconduct over a viral sex video filmed inside HMP Wandsworth

Evening Standard · Jul 29, 2024

Wandsworth prison guard accused of having sex with inmate breaks silence

Linda De Sousa Abreu breaks her silence after being charged by police

Evening Standard · Jul 13, 2024

Rats, overcrowding and urgent riot warnings — my day inside a London jail

Britain’s jails are “on the precipice of failure”, with warnings that jails could run out of space within days. As Keir Starmer announces emergency measures to fix the crisis, Katie Strick spends a day on the frontline

Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2024

Prison guard accused of having sex with inmate at HMP Wandsworth freed on bail

Linda De Sousa Abreu, 30, has been charged with misconduct in public office

Evening Standard · Jul 1, 2024

Police arrest woman after female prison officer was filmed having sex with inmate in Wandsworth jail cell

Police have arrested a woman after footage emerged of a female prison officer having sex with an inmate in an HMP Wandsworth jail cell.

Evening Standard · Jun 29, 2024

Woman arrested over Wandsworth Prison ‘inmate and officer sex video’

Video emerged appearing to show a female prison officer having sex with an inmate at HMP Wandsworth

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2024

Man arrested in connection with Daniel Khalife's 'escape' from Wandsworth prison

Man arrested at east London address on suspicion of assisting an offender

Evening Standard · Jan 18, 2024