Prison
Mubarek was a first-time prisoner and was five hours from the end of a 90-day sentence for stealing razor blades worth £6. The incident was the inspiration for the song Feltham Is Singing Out by English indie rock band Hard-Fi, which appeared as an album track on their debut, Stars of CCTV.
Campaigners say that many key questions still remain unanswered:
- Was the teenager's placement in that cell accidental, negligent, or worse still, deliberate?
- Was the killing pre-meditated, or a seemingly random urge of violence?
- Were others laterally involved in the death; be they staff who had fears but did not act, or inmates who wanted to see a fight?
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“People have passed through a very dark tunnel at the end of which there was a light of freedom. Unexpectedly they passed through the prison gates and found themselves in a square. They are now free and they don’t know where to go.”
—Václav Havel (b. 1936)
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In the prison of my hands,
Has a learning in his eye
Not a poor fool understands.
Once he lived a schoolmaster
With a stark, denying look....”
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