After watching the news today regarding prison officers going on strike,i finally struck up enough courage to write about something that my son has been telling me to do for the last 2 weeks.He is a inmate at Wandsworth prison and hes been telling me that there has been no hot water or heating for the last 2 weeks,which has meant the inmates are having cold showers and that is only when they have staff available.I know its a prison but i feel that the inmates are treated like animals, I feel that even things like this create bad tensions between prison officers and inmates, Lack of staff in Wandsworth prison, means prisoners are not getting recreation time, exercise and other services that would help them to reform and they would have more of a chance to better their lives once released from prison.This is the worst prison that i have ever been too, the staff all seem miserable,although this maybe because they are understaffed and overworked.I have had my heating on in my home everyday and feel terrible for my son and feel that this is inhumane.Even prisoners have some rights.

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