HM Prison Wandsworth The Surrey House of Correction Panopticon design. Wandsworth Prison Hospital Gardens. Photo:Jeff Gilbert
Wandsworth is the largest prison in the UK, currently able to hold 1665 prisoners. Alongside Liverpool, which is of similar size, it is one of the largest prisons in Western Europe. The prison was built in 1851, and the residential areas remain in the original buildings. Since 1989, there has been extensive refurbishment and modernisation of the wings, including in-cell sanitation, privacy screens for cells occupied by more than one prisoner and the more recent installation of in-cell electricity. Around the prison there are lawns, flowerbeds, trees and benches. There are also planters, hanging baskets and window boxes, maintained by prisoner parties who gain useful qualifications from their gardening work. In 2006-7 HMP Wandsworth was judged Best Community Garden and in 2008-9 won the Best Blooming Public Building in the Wandsworth in Bloom competition. It has also been awarded prizes by the Conservation Foundation for the garden in front of the administration block and the hospital garden.
Size: 2912px × 4368px
Location: HM Wandsworth Prison, Heathfield Road, Wandsworth, London, England, UK
Photo credit: © Jeff Gilbert / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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