Disabled prisoner to be paid £20,000 for discrimination at Belmarsh | United Kingdom Society News: "Ministry concedes discrimination against wheelchair-using prisoner who initially received no help in toilet or bathroom
The prison service is to pay out £20,000 in damages to a prisoner who uses a wheelchair in compensation for the “degrading” treatment he received while in Belmarsh jail in London.
The Ministry of Justice conceded the claim for disability discrimination today made by Abdullah Baybasin, a 53-year-old Turkish Kurd. He was acquitted at a retrial last month of being a drug baron who conspired to supply 2.3kg of heroin.
Baybasin said that when he was first taken to Belmarsh in 2004, he had to look after himself. There was no help from staff for him while using the toilet or bathing so he had to rely on other prisoners.
At one point during his sentence he was told to stand up by a prison officer who told him the fact he was disabled made no difference. Even when he was later provided with a care assistant, there were always delays which meant that he was left for unacceptably long periods in his bed having soiled himself, on the toilet or in a cold bath."
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