Recommendation 36: Telling receiving prison reason for transfer

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

Recommendation

Whenever a prisoner is transferred to another establishment, the receiving establishment should be told what the reason for the transfer is. If the transferring prisoner is a particularly problematic one, the receiving establishment should be warned beforehand.

Jurisdiction: UK-wide

Page: 482

Reference: Part 5, Chapter 57: The flow and use of information; recommendation follows paragraph 57.36

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

Inquiry Zahid Mubarek Inquiry

Report Report of the Zahid Mubarek inquiry (Volumes I and II) 29 Jun 2006

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Themes and tags

Fragmented NHS record access and information sharing Inaccurate and inaccessible patient records

Recommendation made 20.3 years ago