Inmates at top-security jail are making complaints about discrimination at the rate of almost two per week

• 337 discriminatory incident reports submitted at HMP Full Sutton, East Yorkshire
• Just four inmates – who are being held in its ‘separation centre’ – made 108 of the complaints since March 2018
• Chair of Independent Monitoring Board said the ‘serious offenders’  were being ‘treated fairly by the regime

Four inmates at a special unit in a top-security prison have been making complaints about discrimination at the rate of almost two per week.

An Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) report found 337 discriminatory incident report forms had been submitted at HMP Full Sutton in East Yorkshire since March 2018.

Of those, 108 were from just four prisoners held in its ‘separation centre’, where those suspected of plotting terror attacks or considered a threat to national security are detained.

An Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) report found 337 discriminatory incident report forms had been submitted at HMP Full Sutton in East Yorkshire since March 2018 (stock photo)

The report, published last week, says: ‘Men within the unit have perceived themselves to be discriminated against in a number of ways, and take the view that being held in the unit is discrimination in itself.’

The specifics of the complaints are not detailed, but the report says the sheer number had ‘overwhelmed the administrative arrangements’ and delayed responses.

Sally Hobbs, chair of the IMB, said: ‘Full Sutton houses some of the country’s most serious offenders. Our assessment is that they are treated fairly by the regime.’

108 of the complaints were from just four prisoners held in Full Sutton’s (pictured) ‘separation centre’, where those suspected of plotting terror attacks or considered a threat to national security are detained

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