Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 59477

HMP Wandsworth: Telephone Services

Tabled: 12 June 2025
Answered: 17 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

LabourTooting

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the level of prisoner phone call charges included in current contracts for HMP Wandsworth on prisoners..

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin
This Government is aware of the importance of allowing prisoners to maintain contact with family and other positive relationships, and the positive influence this can have on their wellbeing and rehabilitation. Provision of in-cell telephony is one of sev...

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