ABUSED PRISONERS RECEIVE COMPENSATION

April 29th, 2008 Hinchliffes

Former prisoners are to receive compensation in excess of £120,000 following claims made against the Prison Service in which they alleged they had suffered assaults and racial discrimination by prison officers.

Fifteen former inmates of Leeds Prison commenced Court proceedings in support of their claims, indicating the abuse and discrimination had taken place between 2003 and 2005, and involved beatings and failure to protect them from attacks by other prisoners. Thirteen of the claimants also alleged discrimination and harassment on the grounds of race and religion.

At the commencement of the Court hearing, the Prison Service took the decision to settle the claims.

COMMENT:-

This is the most recent example of the Prison Service paying injury compensation in respect of claims for alleged abuse. Previous cases include allegations against the former Young Offenders’ Institution at Portland, and against Wormwood Scrubs, where an admission was made over the attempted cover up of beatings.

This type of incident is not strictly a ‘personal injury claim’, however there are many situations where a claim following an intentional assault is dealt with in the same way, for example when a motorist intentionally uses a car as a weapon to injure someone else, or in child abuse cases.

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