Wandsworth

Wandsworth prison officers fired for mocking inmate’s death in group chat

Prison officers were caught celebrating an inmate’s death and making jokes about assaulting other prisoners in disturbing WhatsApp messages. A whistleblower from HMP Wandsworth provided The Times with the messages, revealing officers celebrating a prisoner’s death in a group chat of 27 staff members. The officers exchanged messages after learning the prisoner, awaiting sentencing for drug offences, had “died in…