Recommendation 50: Prisoner escort record handbook and completion
From Report of the Zahid Mubarek inquiry (Volumes I and II), published 29 June 2006.
Recommendation
The handbook giving guidance on how to complete the prisoner escort record should be revised to make it clear that it is not merely of use while a prisoner is in transit, but it is also intended to inform the prisoner’s management in the receiving establishment. It should give clear guidance to staff as to when a box should be ticked. Staff who are tasked with completing the form should be instructed on how to complete it by senior officers in their department. They should each be provided with a copy of the handbook, and they should be reminded of the need to spell out the reasons for a particular box being ticked.
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.