Key contacts
Pact contact: Joana Bettencourt
Prison switchboard: 0208 588 3200
Visitors’ Centre telephone: 0208 735 0595
Lines open:
- Monday - Thursday from 8 am - 4.45 pm, Friday 8 am - 12 pm
- Saturday 8 am - 5 pm, Sunday 1.30 pm - 5 pm
Email Pact: wormwoodscrubs@prisonadvice.org.uk
Safer Custody line: 0208 588 3216
If you have a health concern about someone currently in HMP Wormwood Scrubs, please call the Prisoner Health Information and Liaison Line (Call PHILL) on 0117 240 1193 to speak to the health team confidentially. Lines are open 8am – 8pm Monday to Friday and 8am – 4pm on Saturday.
Guidance for visitors
Visit the gov.uk page for information about:
- booking and planning your visit
- ID requirements
- dress code
- financial assistance for visits
- sending money and property to a prisoner
- keeping in touch with a prison
HMP Wormwood Scrubs' Family & Visitors' Centre
Pact runs the Family & Visitors’ Centre at this prison, ensuring you a warm welcome when you visit.
Our team supports family members, friends and visitors. This includes emotional and practical support before and after your visit and additional reassurance if it is your first visit or you are particularly anxious about going through the gate.
We can also offer guidance and resources around:
- Travel and transport
- Financial assistance for prison visits
- Signposting to Pact services and other helpful organisations
- Supporting children and young people affected by imprisonment
- Raising concerns or making a complaint
Family engagement support
Your Family Engagement Manager is Joana Bettencourt
Contact number: 0208 735 0595
If your issue is complex and you need to talk to us in person, please include your number in the email and tell us that you would like a callback. It would also be helpful if you could let us know whether we are able to leave a message if there is no answer. We will aim to get back to you as soon as we possibly can.
If you have urgent concerns about the welfare of your loved one in prison, please call the prison Safer Custody line directly.
Other services at HMP Wormwood Scrubs
FamilySpace
FamilySpace is open to all families across London affected by the imprisonment of a loved one anywhere in England or Wales. If you are unsure whether you can access the service, please do get in touch, and we will be able to point you in the right direction.
You can find out more at prisonadvice.org.uk/familyspace
Listen to Families
In partnership with NHS England, Pact runs its Listen to Families scheme at this prison. This aims to give family members a say in how prison healthcare is delivered and developed.
You can find out more at prisonadvice.org.uk/get-help/improving-prison-healthcare
Prisoners' Families Helpline
You can contact the Prisoners’ Families Helpline for advice and support on all aspects of the criminal justice system.
Call freephone on 0808 808 2003
Open 9am – 8pm Monday to Friday and 10am – 3pm on weekends and bank holidays (exc. Christmas Day and Boxing Day)
Email the team at info@prisonersfamilies.org (please allow up to 3 days for a response)
The Prisoners’ Families Helpline website also offers a range of information on supporting your loved one in prison.
Make a comment or complaint
We are committed to putting the people who use our services first. You can offer feedback on any of our services by speaking to a member of our team, submitting a feedback form online, or sending an email to feedback@prisonadvice.org.uk.