Otmani & others v Ministry of Justice [2008]

On 24 April 2008, the Ministry of Justice settled the civil claims of fifteen former prisoners of HM Prison Leeds. The claims covered the period from 2003 to 2005, and included the following claims:-

• Thirteen included claims of discrimination on the grounds of race and religion, breaches of the Human Rights Act 1998 and in some cases racial harassment and victimisation.
• Seven of those thirteen included claims of assault by prison staff and two of negligently failing to protect the claimants from assault by other prisoners.

Two were solely claims of assault by prison officers.