shown being escorted out of the prison entrance by a guard on the cover of his 1978 album Back on the Streets. The prison is mentioned in The Jam's song "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" and in Billy Bragg's "Rotting on Remand" from the Workers Playtime album. The Pete Doherty song "Broken Love Song" is about the singer's tenure in the prison in early 2008. Spike Milligan recorded "The Wormwood Scrubs Tango" about an elderly car thief in the prison. In 2018, Murdoc Niccals, fictional bassist for the virtual band Gorillaz, was sent to the prison in the story surrounding the album The Now Now. The Lucksmiths' "Train Robbers' Wives" opening verse is about a Scrubs inmate being visited by his wife. References External links Victorian London – prisons and penal system George Blake escape BBC News – Troubled history of the Scrubs Amnesty International – Public statement on Wormwood Scrubs The Home Office – HMP Wormwood Scrubs – Significant improvements under pressure Government buildings completed in 1891 Infrastructure completed in 1891 Wormwood Scrubs Wormwood Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham White City Grade II listed prison buildings 1874 establishments in England Wormwood Scrubs World War II prisoner of war camps in England