Is this the last straw for HMP Wandsworth?

One of Britain's oldest and most famous prisons, HMP Wandsworth is now renowned for high-profile 'escapes', rat infestations and lurid sexual relationships between staff and inmates.

Last month a damning analysis by chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor revealed the squalid reality of life at HMP Wandsworth where more than 1,500 men spend up to 22 hours a day in cramped, rat-infested cells - with many high on drugs and in a state of hopelessness and despair. The grim conditions inside a cell at HMP Wandsworth revealed in a photo from a report by the Chief Inspector of Prisons in 2022. The rats and smell of sewage have been called 'unbearable'

The former British Army soldier was originally arrested in January on terrorism charges after plotting a fake bomb hoax at his army barracks at MoD Stafford and he is also accused of spying for an enemy state, which is understood to be Iran. 'When we were running Wandsworth we had the right number of staff who were experienced and clearly in charge of the environment,' he told MailOnline.

Read More Calls for Wandsworth Prison to be placed into emergency measures amid concerns over security, overcrowding and drug use 'It's the many hardworking staff behind those walls who have my sympathy.' At one point, someone appears to try to come into the cell, at which the man filming, can be heard saying to the person on the other side of the door 'give me a minute, one second.'

The then personal trainer from Fulham explained during the Channel 4 documentary: 'Monogamy is a social construct that I think needs to be dismantled.

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