4 - General Flashcards
When was Zahid Mubarak born?
23/10/1980
Where was Zahid Mubarak born?
London
When did Zahid Mubarak die?
21/03/2000
Where did Zahid Mubarak die?
Feltham Young Offenders Institute
What was Zahid Mubarak’s cause of death?
Racially motivated murder
What happened on 29/04/2004?
Home Secretary David Blunkett announces inquiry
What happened on 29/06/2006?
Mr Justice Keith published his Inquiry Report
Why was Zahid Mubarek sent to prison?
He was sent to Feltham Young Offenders Institute for 90 days after being found guilty of stealing razors and interfering with a motor vehicle.
Robert Stewart
1993
Convicted of Arson
Robert Stewart
1997
First Prison Sentence for burglary and other offences.
Robert Stewart
2000
Multiple convictions for Violence, Robbery and Harassment until 2000.
Robert Stewart
General
Known to hold racist views
Inquiry Highlights
Zahid Mubarek was murdered at Feltham in 2000. The Inquiry highlighted a range of failings across the prison estate and by individual officers but also with Feltham as an establishment. Key issues included staff shortages, overcrowding, lack of investment, poor industrial relations, and poor race relations.
HM Prison Service Apology
Following Zahid Mubarek’s death, Martin Narey, the Director General of the Prison Service at the time, told his family: ‘You had a right to expect us to look after Zahid safely and we have failed. I am very, very sorry’. Zahid’s death was preventable and there is no doubt that action has been taken by the Prison Service in response. There are now better systems in place to make it less likely that a violent racist could be placed in a cell with a vulnerable prisoner, to ensure that a prisoner has someone they can turn to for help and support, and to identify and tackle unequal or discriminatory treatment.
Thompson’s PCS Model
According to Thompson (1997, 2006), the workings of oppression can be analysed using a model that examines three levels – P (personal) C (cultural) and S (structural):
Personal (P) Level
Thompson’s PCS Model
Personal
This is normally concerned with an individual’s views, particularly in the case of a prejudice against a certain group of people. For example, this could relate to a young person who makes racist comments. It is purely related to individual actions and you are likely to come into contact with this in practice. The ‘P’ is located in the middle of the diagram, because that individual has his beliefs and ideas supported through two other levels…
Thompson’s PCS Model
Cultural
This analysis relates to the ‘shared values’ or ‘commonalties’. For example, shared beliefs about what is right and wrong, good or bad, can form a consensus.
Thompson’s PCS Model
Structural
This analysis demonstrates how oppression is ‘sewn into the fabric’ of society through institutions that support both cultural norms and personal beliefs. Some institutions such as sections of the media, religion and the government can cement the beliefs.
Three Reports
Keith Report
Report of the Commission for Racial Equality
The Prison Service Inquiry Report.
Core Issues
Prison Service failed to keep Zahid safe
Prison Service failed to share information across establishments and between departments, inadequate processes and poor training of staff.
Probation service processes criticised
88 Recommendations in total
A preventable Death?
Stewart beat Mubarek to death using a table leg from in-cell furniture whilst Zahid was sleeping
A known racist with undiagnosed but well documented mental health and behavioural issues
Placed in a cell with a young naive Asian male
Previous convictions for violence
Culture of racism amongst some prison officers including suggestion that staff deliberately put white and British Minority Ethnic (BME) prisoners in cells together
