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The Deputy Prime Minister and Lord Chancellor has approved the appointment of Wendy Sinclair-Gieben as Chair of the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody for a period of 3 years from 1 May 2026. Established in 2009, the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody (IAPDC) forms part of the Ministerial Council on Deaths […]
A prison officer who slept on his shift instead of looking after vulnerable inmates faked records when one killed himself in his cell. James Smith was working a night shift at Norwich Prison where he was tasked with carrying out regular checks on at-risk prisoners. One of those in his care was Alistair McKenzie, a […]
The Prisons Ombudsman (PPO) has published a damning report on Segregation and it makes for shocking reading. Between April 2024 and December 2025, 14 prisoners died while held in segregation. Eight of them were on an open ACCT, the very system designed to protect prisoners at risk of taking their own lives and which again […]
In 2024, seventeen men died at HMP Parc in Bridgend, South Wales. That is more deaths than at any other prison in England and Wales that year. For ten years before that, the average was six deaths a year. Now the government wants to expand it. A group of MPs has looked closely at what […]
A man has been charged with the murder of a fellow prisoner. Tony Joynes, 47, was found dead in his cell at HMP Garth, near Leyland, on July 13 last year. An investigation was launched by police and an inmate aged in his 30s was arrested at the category B Lancashire prison later that month […]
A new pain-free technique for restraining prisoners is being introduced across Scotland’s jails. The method removes the use of pain-inducing holds, such as bending back an inmate’s wrists, and is designed to keep them on their feet, instead of forcing them to the floor. It has been developed in response to human rights legislation and […]
A prisoner died and several overdosed after “dodgy spice” wreaked havoc at HMP Chelmsford, inmate Ivor Manton, 43, died in hospital after a drug-related incident at the jail. Another person needed emergency treatment after allegedly taking synthetic cannabinoids, known by its street name “spice”. It’s understood staff have ramped up searches and introduced a temporary […]
This Management of Internal Security Procedures (Closed Prisons) Policy Framework, has just been updated in respect of PAVA Spray View the amended Management of Internal Security Procedures (Closed Prisons) >> Whoops! You need enhanced membership to access this page – login below or join now https://prisons.org.uk/register/enhanced
A prisoner died due to delays in detecting a fire she caused in her cell after there were “missed opportunities” to give her better mental health care, an inquest has found. Clare Dupree, 48, from Cardiff, died of smoke inhalation on 28 December 2022, two days after a vape caused a fire in her cell […]
A Prevention of Future Deaths report has been issued by Assistant Coroner Bernard Richmond KC following the inquest into the death of Rajwinder Singh (born 18 August 1986), who died on 25 June 2023 after being found in his cell at HMP Wandsworth on the evening of 20 June. The inquest, heard between 23 July […]
Healthcare staff have been urged to take action following the death of a prisoner who stopped eating while on remand. Surendrakumar Patel, 78, from Warwickshire, died at Alexandra Hospital on October 31, 2024, while he was on remand at HMP Hewell. An inquest heard Mr Patel had been suffering from a lower respiratory tract infection […]