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February 9, 2016

London: Hundreds Mourn Prison Death of Sarah Reed
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In London, hundreds of people gathered for a candlelit vigil outside
Holloway Prison, where a black woman with mental health problems died
last month. The Guardian reports Sarah Reed wrote to her family to say
she was sexually assaulted while receiving treatment at a secure mental
health unit. She was charged with grievous bodily harm for fighting back
against her alleged assailant and taken to prison, where she was later
found dead. Prison staff said she strangled herself. Years ago, Reed had
previously been beaten by a police constable in an attack shown on
security camera footage. She was buried in a private ceremony.


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