The Prison Today
Wormwood Scrubs is a Category B prison for adult males, sentenced or on remand from the local courts. The prison has five main wings plus a number of smaller dedicated units. All the accommodation has electricity and integral sanitation with a TV and accompanying bedroom furniture:
- A wing - remand and sentenced prisoners
- B wing - remand and sentenced prisoners
- C wing - prisoners on an Intensive Drug Treatment System
- D wing - workforce prisoners and Difficult to Manage prisoners
- E wing - resettlement of prisoners unit
- Super enhanced wing - enhanced prisoners who are considered to be trustworthy
- Conibeere Unit - prisoners who require a substance misuse stabilisation regime
There is a contracted prison shop previously run by Aramark, but now run by DHL who provide a selection of consumables for purchase by the prisoners.
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