Opinion: Editorial - Lessons to learn from Mubarek's death

But Justice Keith's final inquiry report into the case, released last week, suggests that the needs of prisoners aged over 18 are still being neglected (see p7).

For six weeks before the fatal attack, Stewart and Zahid were locked up for 23 hours a day. In-cell television alleviated the boredom, but meant Stewart watched Romper Stomper, a film about racist violence including scenes where White skinheads attacked Vietnamese refugees with wooden clubs. Stewart beat Zahid to death with a wooden table leg two days later.

Since April 2000, juveniles come under the jurisdiction of the Youth Justice Board (YJB), which means juveniles and young offenders over 18 at Feltham are housed separately. The inquiry notes that the standard of care for juvenile prisoners improved after this, because of a better ratio of staff to prisoners and the fact that experienced staff were transferred to work with juveniles. Juveniles are more likely to be housed in single accommodation and expect to spend 12 hours a day out of their cells.