Comments on: Zahid Mubarek enquiry report http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/612 Current affairs for a progressive generation Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:02:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Indigo Jo Blogs http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/612#comment-25991 Indigo Jo Blogs Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:36:09 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/612#comment-25991 <strong>Zahid died in jailers' game...</strong> The report on the murder of Zahid Mubarek, the Asian youth jailed for "going equipped" and murdered in his cell in Feltham young offenders' institution in March 2000, has just been issued, and a press conference can be seen at that page (see this ea... Zahid died in jailers’ game…

The report on the murder of Zahid Mubarek, the Asian youth jailed for “going equipped” and murdered in his cell in Feltham young offenders’ institution in March 2000, has just been issued, and a press conference can be seen at that page (see this ea…

]]> By: Arif http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/612#comment-25982 Arif Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:39:15 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/612#comment-25982 Seems like a very rigorous piece of work. Main criticism I can level is that, given they are aware that their call for single cells for prisoners is very ambitious, and although they are aware that prisoners cannot openly say why they want to move cells for fear that the information would get back to their cell-mate, they do not make a stronger case for requests to be taken much more seriously. It seems to imply the refusal was regrettable, but probably justifiable given the paperwork and hassle involved. On this point I think they could have had more empathy for prisoners fearing for their lives than staff wanting to manage their workload. Otherwise a lot of good stuff. I worry that is aspirational enough to be ignored, though and opening up big issues like treatment of personality disorder without being very clear on a bottom line - maybe they should have recommended another report to deal with that (assuming that reports do get acted upon....) Seems like a very rigorous piece of work. Main criticism I can level is that, given they are aware that their call for single cells for prisoners is very ambitious, and although they are aware that prisoners cannot openly say why they want to move cells for fear that the information would get back to their cell-mate, they do not make a stronger case for requests to be taken much more seriously. It seems to imply the refusal was regrettable, but probably justifiable given the paperwork and hassle involved. On this point I think they could have had more empathy for prisoners fearing for their lives than staff wanting to manage their workload.

Otherwise a lot of good stuff. I worry that is aspirational enough to be ignored, though and opening up big issues like treatment of personality disorder without being very clear on a bottom line – maybe they should have recommended another report to deal with that (assuming that reports do get acted upon….)

]]> By: Vikrant http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/612#comment-25957 Vikrant Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:41:09 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/612#comment-25957 Hell given the amount of racism in Feltham itself... i dont doubt that jail staff may have been racist. Hell given the amount of racism in Feltham itself… i dont doubt that jail staff may have been racist.

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