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	Action for Prisoner's Families: LOSS OF HIGHLY PRAISED SERVICE TO FAMILIES VISITING FELTHAM PRISON
		Feltham Visitors' Centre Association, the charity which ran the centre, provided essential information and support to those visiting their loved ones and has closed after failing to reach agreement with the Prison over the future running of the service.
		Feltham Visitors' Centre had a long track-record of providing a consistently high service to prisoners' families and has received high praise from Chief Inspector of Prisons over the years; even when much else was failing at the prison.
		Prisoners are up to six times less likely to reoffend if good family contact is maintained while they are in prison.
	www.prisonersfamilies.org.uk /pr070504.html (678 words)

	CPT Report: United Kingdom: Visit 04/02/2001 - 16/02/2001
		33. Parc Prison, in Bridgend (Wales), is a so-called DCMF prison, i.e.
		The prison doctor attributed this to the fact that prisoners were not properly assessed before admission to the centre and to the failure to provide them with the care required by their condition (cf.
		Certain mentally ill prisoners remained in prison because hospitals refused to admit them or they were prematurely returned to prison from such establishments: such patients were not receiving the level of care required by their condition.
	www.cpt.coe.int /documents/gbr/2002-06-inf-eng.htm (10454 words)

	Untitled Normal Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Jackie Worrall, the association’s prison development manager, said that one fifth of the children thought their time spent in prison had changed their attitude towards teachers and education, with the prisoners commenting that teachers were “more tolerant and friendly” than they had previously encountered.
		Feltham is overcrowded, has suffered a crisis of management, fails utterly to provide appropriate treatment for prisoners with mental health problems and is afflicted by racism, she said.
		The Prison Service expects the main areas of challenge under the new Act to be: the bar on conjugal rights; the nonrecognition of Scientology and Rastafarianism as religions; allegations that the service has failed to prevent suicide; and the absence of oral hearings when prisoners serving a mandatory life term are considered for parole.
	secret.envy.nu /crime/prisonrules.htm (16388 words)

	Conditions at youth jail 'appalling'
		He accused the Prison Service of failing to make any improvements at the centre - which includes a remand wing - since a similarly damning report was issued in 1996.
		The report said: "Many young prisoners were keen to clean their cells regularly but reported that the time and facilities to do this were rarely made available.
		We found a young deaf prisoner in another cell with several staff on duty unaware of his handicap." In another case, a boy who awoke to find his cellmate trying to hang himself had to take his weight for several minutes before his cries for help were answered by staff.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/03/26/nfelt26.html (721 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Mubarek inquiry: Key findings
		Feltham was unable to effectively cope with the numbers coming and going through its doors on a daily basis.
		Despite evidence in the prisons system and elsewhere that Robert Stewart had severe personality problems, this information was not sufficiently shared between prisons, when he was transferred within the estate.
		Prison overcrowding and low staff morale played a key role in Feltham collapsing as an institution in the run up to the death.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/5129660.stm (1088 words)

	The Observer \| Review \| Jailhouse rock, rap and reggae
		Feltham Sings goes inside the biggest young offenders' prison in Europe and takes us into the inmates' minds as well as their cells.
		The prison authorities were still smarting from the chief inspector of prisons's verdict on its culture as 'rotten to the core' in 2000, and suspicious of the media after their coverage of the recent murder and suicides.
		Feltham's head of drugs counselling was a criminal himself from his teens until his thirties.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /review/story/0,6903,860009,00.html (1555 words)

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		The Prison Service blamed recent overcrowding on a £6 million attempt to build a new unit to help improve conditions at an institution - which was described as "rotten to the core" in a report by the Chief Inspector of Prisons in March, 1999.
		The Chief Inspector of Prisons has warned that efforts to cure sex attackers could be put at risk by placing them in cells with those who refuse to acknowledge their crimes.
		Brian Parsons, 40, is serving life in Ford Open prison, near Arundel, West Sussex, for the 1987 murder of 84-year-old Ivy Batten at her remote bungalow home in Shute Bottom, east Devon.
	members.lycos.co.uk /ReligionsNow/evidence/prison.htm (1325 words)

	£175k payoff for officer in Mubarek report \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		A senior Prison Service official criticised in an official report into the death of an Asian inmate at the hands of his racist cellmate has retired early from his job and received a payment of £175,000, the Guardian has learned.
		In a statement, the Prison Service said: "As is usual in inquiries of this kind, an undertaking was made that information honestly given by staff to the inquiry would not be used in subsequent disciplinary proceedings for misconduct.
		The Prison Service defended the payment to Mr Clifford, saying it was normal: "Every now and then we offer early retirement to senior managers when we realise we have a lot of people coming up the system and we need to make space for them at senior level.
	www.guardian.co.uk /prisons/story/0,,1810232,00.html (749 words)

	Every lock at Feltham changed after TV gaffe \| The Guardian \| Guardian Unlimited
		The Prison Service has been forced to spend £250,000 on changing every lock and key in Feltham young offenders' institution after a TV news crew filmed a prison key during a media visit last week.
		Prison officials warn reporters, photographers and camera operators that their company will be liable for the cost of a "re-lock" if they publish or broadcast images which show keys or locks.
		It also emerged yesterday that a re-lock was under way in another prison after a visitor left a set of prison keys on a table in the staff canteen, which is run by inmates.
	www.guardian.co.uk /uk_news/story/0,,1812683,00.html (672 words)

	Racist abuse at Feltham youth prison - UK News Headlines
		Prison officers at a young offenders' institution where a teenager was battered to death by his racist cellmate routinely referred to fl inmates as "monkeys" and "fl bastards," a shocking new report reveals.
		One prison source said a number of witnesses had told the inquiry that Mr Mubarek had approached prison officers and asked to be moved from the cell.
		"The inmates felt that the prison officers were highly insensitive to heightened concerns of sharing a cell with an inmate they were not familiar with," according to the report.
	www.lse.co.uk /ShowStory.asp?story=VT177465N (472 words)

	United Kingdom: Failing children and young people in detention: Concerns regarding young offenders institutions - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Prison officers told the inquest that Brinsford had a policy of "zero tolerance" of bullying, that David Henderson had been moved to a wing for vulnerable inmates, and that he was being monitored.
		They also reported that prison officers had kneeled on the back of an inmate restrained on the ground; applied pressure with their fingers to either side of an inmate's windpipe, almost obstructing his breathing; stamped on the face of an inmate restrained on the ground; and pushed an inmate against a hot pipe.
		Prison doctors have a responsibility not only to their patients but also to assist the prison authorities in the efficient and economic running of the prison.
	web.amnesty.org /library/Index/ENGEUR450042002 (8717 words)

	Zahid Mubarek inquiry \| Society \| SocietyGuardian.co.uk
		News and comment from the public inquiry into the murder of Asian teenager Zahid Mubarek, who was beaten to death by his racist cellmate at Feltham young offenders institution in March 2000.
		Nov 14: Imtiaz Amin's nephew was beaten to death in Feltham.
		Sep 30: Prison Service could be faced with action for failing to ensure racism in jails is tackled effectively.
	society.guardian.co.uk /youthjustice/page/0,,1457146,00.html (761 words)

	C4 News - Home - Prisons - "Gladiator" abuse at Feltham probed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		An investigation has been launched into claims that prison officers set up Gladiator-style fights between fl and white inmates at a young offenders' institution where an Asian teenager was murdered by his racist cellmate.
		Guards at Feltham are said to have placed fl and white prisoners in the same cells and taken bets on how long it would take for brawls to develop.
		The Prison Service has launched an internal inquiry and Scotland Yard is also studying claims fights between fl and white inmates were not just overlooked by prison guards but actually set up by them, with wagers taken on the outcome.
	www.channel4.com /news/2004/05/week_3/28_feltham.html (446 words)

	Observer \| Youth suicide alerts double at Feltham
		Experts say that the rise has occurred because of the appalling conditions in the jail where prisoners have to stay in their cells for 23 hours a day and a third of inmates were assaulted last year.
		The prison is on average home to 700 male inmates at one time, aged between 16 and 21.
		Three prison officers drew batons during an attack by 32 inmates, who were throwing pool balls and furniture.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4103173-102285,00.html (672 words)

	News \| Telegraph
		Andrew Darkin, the chairman of the Prison Officers' Association at Feltham Young Offenders' Institution, was moved after a prisons inspectorate report accused some union members of "reprehensible" obstruction of reform.
		The compulsory transfer of Mr Darkin was announced as Sir David Ramsbotham, the outgoing Chief Inspector of Prisons, delivered an extraordinary attack on some of the union's members in his fourth report on Feltham.
		He described the section of Feltham housing 18- to 21-year-olds as "a consistently failing establishment" in which young adults were housed in dirty, overcrowded and "wholly unacceptable" conditions.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/07/26/nfelt26.xml (853 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Politics \| Special Reports \| Youth jail reports have gone missing, inquiry told
		Reports by prison officers on patrol the night an Asian youth was murdered by his racist psychopath cellmate have disappeared, a public inquiry heard today.
		The prison officer's statement also disclosed that fights between prisoners at Feltham were "fairly frequent", although few were serious enough to involve the police.
		Poor communication between prisons at the time of the murder meant that an inmate could be transferred to Feltham without staff being alerted to the danger he posed.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /homeaffairs/story/0,11026,1359644,00.html (451 words)

	Cageprisoners.com - serving the caged prisoners in Guantanamo Bay
		TWO prison officers are under investigation over claims they strapped copies of the Koran to their feet to use as skis in sick games dubbed "Muslim Olympics".
		A Feltham source said: "No one can believe this has happened right after the Mubarek report, and the bosses were desperately hoping it wouldn't come out.
		Feltham governor Andrew Cross said last night: "I personally see all new staff at Feltham and make it absolutely clear that racism, sexism, homophobia or any other discriminatory behaviour will not be tolerated.
	www.cageprisoners.com /articles.php?id=15424 (712 words)

	Alexander Paterson, youth work and prison reform
		Now remembered as a prison reformer, he was also a key figure in the establishment of TOC H and an influential figure in boys' club work.
		As Edwards and Hurley have noted, the publication of the report coincided with the appointment as chairman of the Commission of Maurice Waller; the foundation of the Howard League for Penal Reform by Margery Fry; and the appointment as a Commissioner of Alexander Paterson.
		This new establishment was inaugurated by the famous march undertaken in May 1930 by a group of staff and boys from Feltham borstal under the leadership of the governor W.W. Llewellin to found the first open prison establishment in England, at Lowdham Grange in Nottinghamshire.
	www.infed.org /thinkers/paterson.htm (4502 words)

	The Muslim News - Prison Officers use Qur’an as skis
		Two prison officers based at scandal-hit Feltham Young Offenders’ Institution are under investigation over claims they strapped copies of the Qur’an to their feet to use as skis in what they called the Muslim Olympics.
		Feltham Governor, Andrew Cross, told The Muslim News, “I personally see all new staff at Feltham and make it absolutely clear that racism, sexism, homophobia or any other discriminatory behaviour will not be tolerated.
		A spokesman for the Prison Service confirmed that to The Muslim News, “Two officers were suspended from Feltham on June 15 and 16 respectively prison for alleged racist behaviour.
	www.muslimnews.co.uk /paper/index.php?article=2557 (285 words)

	Western Resistance: UK: Koran "Desecration" By Prison Warders
		Anne Owers, Chief Inspector of Prisons, said of Feltham: "Bullying was related to gangs and faith allegiances.
		At that time, the governor of Feltham, Andrew Cross, said he was working with chaplains and imams to tackle the issues of forced conversion to Islam and (religious) extremism.
		Again, the Prison Service as a whole cannot differentiate between a race and a religion, as a spokesman said: "Two officers were suspended from Feltham prison for alleged racist behaviour.
	www.westernresistance.com /blog/archives/002641.html (755 words)

	This Is Local London
		ONE of the worst' youth prisons in the country is on the road to recovery, according to a new report this week, but it could return to its previous rotten' state unless staffing problems are addressed.
		Feltham Young Offenders' Institution, which was described as rotten to the core' in former HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, Sir David Ramsbotham's damning report of 2000, has now been praised for making some fundamental changes for the better, following an inspection in January this year.
		Ms Owers' report begins by praising the turnaround at Feltham, but it also identifies areas for continued improvement, such as the introduction of training for youth prison officers, independent advocates for inmates and the urgent introduction of shower cubicles', as communal showering is seen as a threatening environment for young people.
	www.thisislocallondon.co.uk /display.var.219877.0.0.php (526 words)

	News
		Feltham has for years been infamous for its brutalizing and cruel conditions, and Zahid Mubarek's death there was hardly surprising when seen in the context of the vicious racism that permeated the institution and the treatment of fl and Asian boys there.
		A few years ago I was informed by the prison that a substantial relaxation of solitary confinement conditions would only come into question should I enter a trust establishing dialogue with the prison and “forswear violence” – in particular promise to neither incite fellow inmates nor to plan a rebellion or breakout.
		Behind this however is not humanity – they are too many prisoners in isolation and were they all to get their yard-hour alone they jail would have to lay on individual yards to allow them exercise.
	www.londonclasswar.org /prisoners.htm (4336 words)

	Melanie Phillips’s Diary » Institutionalised political correctness
		The judge described the âpernicious and dangerous cocktailâ of poor communications and shoddy work practices at Feltham that allowed prison officers to be ignorant of the danger Stewart posed.
		He was involved in a prison killing two years earlier and had written a racist letter referring to âniggersâ and âpakisâ.
		That term means that from top to bottom at Feltham, from the governor to the lowliest prison officer, the prison was run on the basis of religious intolerance.
	www.melaniephillips.com /diary/?p=1271 (762 words)

	HM Prison Service - Press Releases
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		The Prison Service is holding its third multifaith Chaplaincy Conference at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham on Wednesday 22 March.
		Nineteen new prison waste management units have been introduced this year - just one way the Prison Service is working to reduce its impact on the environment.
	hmprisonservice.gov.uk /resourcecentre/pressreleases/index.asp?... (455 words)

	Ministers announce UK prison healthcare trailblazers
		Covering 34 prisons across England, the 18 PCTs have demonstrated a clear understanding of the health needs of their local prison populations and have in place robust plans to bring the prison's healthcare in line with the wider NHS.
		This is the first step towards prison health becoming part of the wider NHS planning and performance management framework in 2006.
		Of the 23 partnerships in the Prison Health Development Network, five faced particularly complex resource or capacity issues and asked to defer their transfer for a year to gain a greater depth of understanding of the issues involved.
	www.medicalnewstoday.com /medicalnews.php?newsid=6727 (583 words)

	Criminal justice good practice: Prison service formal investigation
		The investigation was limited to events occurring between mid 1991 and July 2000 in HM Prison Brixton, between 1998 and July 2000 in HM Prison Parc and between January 1996 and November 2000 in HMYOI Feltham.
		In November 2000, the CRE heard representations from key representatives of the prison service, which included Martin Narey, Director General, members of RESPOND and members of the National Executive of the POA, with regard to complaints of racism in the prison service.
		A formal investigation is used to expose patterns of discrimination in an organisation and to stop discriminatory practices in the future.
	www.cre.gov.uk /gdpract/cj_prisons_fi.html (616 words)

	UK prisons: haven for extremists? -DAWN - International; December 30, 2001
		The imam at the prison where Mr Reid is said to have converted to Islam was suspended last month after allegations that he distributed anti-US literature and delivered inflammatory sermons to inmates in the aftermath of the Sept 11 attacks.
		But Mr Qureshi’s father, who had also worked as imam in the same prison, was quoted by the British media as saying that the allegations against his son were the result of a racist witch-hunt by staff at the jail.
		But the prison service said it had no evidence of improper staff involvement in the suspension of Abdul Rehman Qureshi, though last January an internal prison service inquiry identified pockets of “malicious racism” at the Feltham prison.
	www.dawn.com /2001/12/30/int5.htm (287 words)

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