Feltham Young Offenders Institution - Definition and Overview

HM Young Offender Institution and Remand Centre Feltham, more commonly known as Feltham Young Offenders' Institution, is a prison near Feltham in the southwest of London, England.

The Institution was formed in 1991 as a result of a merger between Feltham Borstal and the Ashford Remand Centre. As of February 2004, the prison had a capacity of 761 prisoners. Unlike some British prisons it is managed directly by Her Majesty's Prison Service rather than management being contracted out to a private firm.

In recent years the Institution has been repeatedly criticised in reports for having a climate of racism amongst some of its officers. The reports follow in the wake of the murder of Zahid Murabek by his racist cellmate Robert Stewart on the day Murabek was due to be released.

External links and references

• HM Prison Service page about Feltham (http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/prisoninformation/locateaprison/prison.asp?id=364,15,2,15,364,0)
• A 1999 report on Feltham from Her Majesty's Inspectorate (http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/docs/felt99.html)
• BBC News report on the 2000 investigation into Zahid Murabek (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1017731.stm)
• BBC News report on a 2004 investigation into the prison by the Hounslow Committee for Racial Equality Council (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4105235.stm).