HMP Wormwood Scrubs

About HMP Wormwood Scrubs

Wormwood Scrubs is a Category B men’s prison in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, West London. 

Our programmes and services

We offer a range of psychosocial interventions to help clients address their substance use.

Our services include:

• ‘The Bridge Programme’ – an intensive and abstinence-based programme focusing on the journey to recovery and long-term treatment.
• ‘Stepping Stones Drug and Alcohol Programme’ - designed to support those people whose alcohol or drug consumption is at harmful or dependent levels, which is a low to medium intensity intervention.
• ‘Family Services’ - our family workers sit within treatment teams, helping service users to strengthen relationships with family, friends, and wider social networks.
• Wing-based ‘pop-ups’ to raise awareness on different areas of need, including substance use, general health, and wellbeing topics.
• A wide range of standalone workshops and ‘in-cell’ packs aimed at harm minimisation, risk reduction, and relapse prevention.
• Naloxone training.
• Co-facilitation of fellowship meetings such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA).

At HMP Wormwood Scrubs, we have a ‘Incentivised Substance Free Living’ (ISFL) wing, commissioned by the Ministry of Justice, which provides a space for clients going through the journey of recovery and those that require a substance free environment.

Our partners

We work with a range of internal and external partners to provide the right support for our service users, including:

• Prison Advice and Care Trust (PACT).
• Local authorities.
• Community Substance Use services.
• The Hepatitis C Trust.
• Steps2Recovery.
• The Nehemiah Project.

Referrals

Any prisoner can refer themselves (‘self-refer’) to the service. If a staff member or third party makes a referral, we will assess the service user if they agree to engage. All prisoners are seen as part of their induction.

Get in touch

If you would like to learn more about our services at HMP Wormwood Scrubs, please call 0208 588 3541 or email us at wormwoodscrubs.ft@forwardtrust.org.uk.