MPs are to probe how prisons and probation are being run in Wales, the Commons Welsh affairs committee has said. Although the Westminster government is responsible for criminal justice in Wales, the Welsh administration runs overlapping services like health, housing and education. The committee will take evidence from a range of groups on how joined-up […]
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PPO PIP Publications 1. Use of force 2. Use of restraints on escort 3. Emergency response procedures in prisons The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) has released their third Policy into Practice (PIP) publication, sharing key learning on emergency response in prisons. The PPO carries out investigations into deaths in custody, and they see […]
A man who was found hanging in a cell at Winchester Prison abruptly stopped taking his psychiatric medication soon before he died, an inquest has heard. Daniel Ayers, of Damers Road, Dorchester, was 43 when he died in July 2021 and had been taking several different prescription drugs to ease mental health issues when he […]
The inmate, aged 35, had become unwell and agitated at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary on Saturday and officers were called to assist prison officers guarding him, Lancashire Police said. The man’s condition worsened and he stopped breathing and was given CPR, but was pronounced dead a short time later, the force added. Lancashire Police has […]
Immediate action will be taken to address systemic failures in relation to deaths in prison custody, Justice Secretary Angela Constance has pledged. The Scottish Government accepts Sheriff Collins’ Fatal Accident Inquiry finding that the deaths of Katie Allan and William Lindsay were preventable, and that systemic failures contributed to their deaths, the Justice Secretary said […]
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An investigation is under way after a second inmate died at a prison in the space of 15 days. The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman said Reece Pryce, 23, died at HMP Five Wells near Wellingborough on 25 December. There were no further details available about how Pryce died at the category C prison – which […]
The deaths of two young people at a young offenders’ institution could have been avoided but for a “catalogue of failures” in the system, a sheriff has concluded. Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, also known as William Lindsay, took their own lives in separate incidents at Polmont Young Offenders Institution in 2018. A […]
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Another inmate at Forest Bank prison in Salford has died. They collapsed and died in hospital on last Wednesday, a prison spokesman has confirmed. In November Jake O’Brien, 22, from Altrincham, collapsed at the prison and his death was confirmed after he was taken to Salford Royal Hospital. Investigations are underway into both deaths. Following […]
Tony Woodley is raging at the injustice of it all. Enough is enough, says the Labour peer who has introduced a private member’s bill to resentence prisoners still serving time under imprisonment for public protection (IPP), which was abolished 12 years ago because it was regarded as an affront to decency. Although the sentence was […]