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01/30/2006:

"Police inquiry into racist attacks at jail"

Police have launched an investigation into claims of "systematic" racial assaults, racist abuse and brutality by prison officers at maximum security Whitemoor prison, it emerged last night. Cambridgeshire police confirmed to the Guardian that an investigations team was set up last October to examine an alarming number of serious allegations at the jail.

The Guardian has learned of a variety of incidents alleged by inmates and their solicitors, including an assault to the head by an officer using a riot shield and an assault which resulted in a spinal injury. It has also been alleged that staff used a range of racial abuse including "black bastard" and "black cunt". A number of officers have been named in complaints.
guardian.co.uk