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23 October 2000

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Report of the Committee of inquiry into the death in Broadmoor Hospital of Orville Blackwood and a review of the deaths of two other Afro-Caribbean patients. Special Hospitals Service Authority 1993 pp87. Available from SHSA Charles House 375 Kensington High Street London W14 8QH. Report chaired by Professor Herschel Prins into the deaths of Michael Martin, Joseph Watts and Orville Blackwood at Broadmoor.

Racism in the Mental health system. Labour Research 82:10 (October) 1993 pp17-18. This piece examines how racial stereotyping in the mental health system leads to faulty diagnosis and misdirected treatment.

Women leaving prison NACRO 1993 pp24. This report concludes that women are still leaving prison with nowhere to live or work and with no-one to turn to for advice and suggests a strategy for changing this.

Opening the doors: the resettlement of prisoners in the community NACRO 1993 pp 28. This report sets out five recommendations to ensure that prisoners are equipped to successfully resettle into the community.

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