The Zahid Mubarek Inquiry: Website

This series contains the records of the website of The Zahid Mubarek Inquiry. The website contains copies of evidence heard and presented to the Inquiry, as well as its final report, background information about the process of the Inquiry, frequently asked questions and an 'archive' of news releases. The website was archived at the close of the Inquiry after its final report was published.

The website includes copies of key documents in Welsh, Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi, Gujarati and Bengali.

For versions or 'snapshots' of the website archived regularly as part of The National Archives' website collection policy, please see: SD 2

Records of the Inquiry not presented on the website were transferred to the Home Office at the end of the Inquiry.

The Zahid Mubarek Inquiry was set up on Thursday 29 April 2004 when the Home Secretary, David Blunkett, announced the establishment of a non-statutory public inquiry into the murder of Zahid Mubarek at Feltham Young Offender Institution on Tuesday 21 March 2000. Its terms of reference were: 'In the light of the House of Lords judgement in the case of Regina v. Secretary of State for the Home Department ex parte Amin, to investigate and report to the Home Secretary on the death of Zahid Mubarek, and the events leading up to the attack on him, and make recommendations about the prevention of such attacks in the future, taking into account the investigations that have already taken place - in particular, those by the Prison Service and the Commission for Racial Equality.'

The Inquiry was chaired by Mr Justice Keith. Phase 1 of the Inquiry began hearing evidence in November 2004. Phase 2 of the Inquiry was designed to make recommendations, and worked through visits to various penal institutions - Feltham, Pentonville, Wormwood Scrubs, Parkhurst, Wayland, Lancaster Farms, Altcourse and Hindley - and held focus groups, with both prison staff and current and former prisoners, and held six seminars. Phase 2 of the Inquiry was completed in October 2005, and the final report was written between then and June 2006.