He never got any assistance to learn to read and write throughout his stay. Drugs and addiction are the evil behind most crimes and the abuse does not stop inside. Heroin has replaced cannabis as the drug of choice because it stays in the system for less time, so it's harder to trace. Despite claims to the contrary, Wandsworth is awash with drugs. He fell into a deep coma and had to be rushed to hospital.
Suicide is also rife in prison.
Six men were found dead in Wandsworth by midsummer of 2000. In July, I was moved into a cell where a Spanish inmate had attempted suicide the night before. The cellmate told me the man had been beaten by someone and was in a state of total fear. He woke to find the man choking on a noose tied to a metal hinge. He pulled the man down in the nick of time and he was rushed to hospital.