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Recommendation 7: Consent exception limited to named prisoner

From Report of the Zahid Mubarek inquiry (Volumes I and II), published 29 June 2006.

Recommendation

The sole exception to that rule – namely when the unconvicted prisoner consents to share a cell with a convicted prisoner – should be regarded as applying only when the unconvicted prisoner consents to share a cell with a particular convicted prisoner, not with convicted prisoners in general.

Jurisdiction: UK-wide
Page: 453
Reference: Part 5, Chapter 55: Cell-sharing; recommendation follows paragraph 55.22

Government response

No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.

Delivery

No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 7 March 2026). This is separate from the response above.

Source

Report Report of the Zahid Mubarek inquiry (Volumes I and II) 29 Jun 2006
Recommendation made 20.3 years ago