HMP Swaleside, Prisoners Takeover in C Wing

IWOC members report that fellow prisoners in HMP Swaleside, C wing, have taken over that wing and staff have retreated. We don’t have any more information at the moment. The reasons behind this are probably the bad conditions they’re under, lack of staff, lack of sanitary products, slavery wages and inconsistency on the timetable (leading to being locked up more time and don’t know what their routine is).

IWOC members organised within the prison issued a grievance letter to the Governor on the 8th January asking for these issues to be addressed via a meeting with the IWW union. So far, the prison has not formally responded to the prisoners demands. Read more here: https://iwoc.iww.org.uk/2025/01/08/iwoc-members-issue-grievance-to-hmp-swaleside/

We’ll be updating when we get more information. Please share!

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