Racism still rife in jails, five years after the murder of Zahid Mubarek
Year-long inquiry attacks failure to change
Bias remains at institution where inmate died
Vikram Dodd Thursday October 6, 2005 The Guardian
The prison service will be strongly criticised for continued racial discrimination against ethnic minority inmates by the official report from the Zahid Mubarek inquiry, the Guardian has learned.
The inquiry was set up into the killing of Mr Mubarek who was battered to death by his cell mate, a white racist psychopath, at Feltham youth jail, west London, in March 2000. The expected criticism comes two years after the service promised big improvements after an inquiry by the Commission for Racial Equality found it guilty of unlawful racial discrimination on 17 separate counts. Two internal reports by the prison service, which have been seen by The Guardian, catalogue continuing discrimination, poor practice and other failings.
Bias remains at institution where inmate died
Vikram Dodd Thursday October 6, 2005 The Guardian
The prison service will be strongly criticised for continued racial discrimination against ethnic minority inmates by the official report from the Zahid Mubarek inquiry, the Guardian has learned.
The inquiry was set up into the killing of Mr Mubarek who was battered to death by his cell mate, a white racist psychopath, at Feltham youth jail, west London, in March 2000. The expected criticism comes two years after the service promised big improvements after an inquiry by the Commission for Racial Equality found it guilty of unlawful racial discrimination on 17 separate counts. Two internal reports by the prison service, which have been seen by The Guardian, catalogue continuing discrimination, poor practice and other failings.
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