PLAY SERVICES AT HMP WORMWOOD SCRUBS

The play area at Wormwood Scrubs is situated in the visits hall.

Opening hours
Opening times vary from week to week. Please see 'play project opening times' information in the Visitors' Centre.

Facilities on offer

  • Toys, puzzles, board games
  • Arts and crafts activities - children can paint a picture and give it to the person they are visiting
  • Dressing up clothes
  • Imaginative play
  • Trained playworkers

Extended 'family day' visits
Special extra 'children's visits' are available on a Wednesday morning from 9am - 11am. These visits take place in a separate room in the downstairs legal visits area. Any inmate can apply for a 'children's visit' - but as they are so popular, each prisoner is limited to a maximum of one a month.

For more information
Contact Sharon Gardiner, play co-ordinator
020 8740 1511
sharon.gardiner@prisonadvice.org.uk


Child painting a picture