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UK: Disability Rights in jail

01 August 2001

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A disabled prisoner has won compensation for discrimination after claiming damages because of his experiences at HMP Horfield. The prisoner, who weighs 22 stone and has difficulty climbing stairs because of a heart condition, was transferred from Leyhill open prison to Horfield, where he was subject to a more strict regime. The claim for compensation was brought under the terms of the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act. Paul Daniels, of Russell Jones and Walker Solicitors, who represented the man, said "This man was humiliated and depressed by his experience. The way he was treated was an affront to his personal dignity." Almost 500 of Britain's prison population of 66,000 are disabled.

Observer 26.8.01.

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