Matt Brady, who worked at HMP Lowdham Grange from 1997 to 2023, said staffing levels were low when Anthony Binfield, Rolandas Karbauskas and David Richards died in their cells in March 2023. He told an inquest at Nottingham Coroner’s Court on Friday that concerns were raised with Serco and Sodexo before the first transfer of a […]
Urgent action is needed over a prison’s self harm and suicide prevention measures following a man’s death, the prisons ombudsman has said. Keith Williams, 46, died in 2021 at HMP Dovegate, which is run by Serco. He had “bizarre and distressing beliefs” about an infection in his body, although there was no evidence of a […]
A man suspected of murdering missing estate agent Suzy Lamplugh died in Full Sutton prison yesterday. John Cannan, 70, was jailed in 1989 for the abduction and murder of newlywed Shirley Banks from Bristol. And he was later implicated in the murder of 25-year-old Ms Lamplugh, from London, who disappeared in 1986 – with her body […]
A young woman died from drug toxicity a few days after she was released from New Hall prison, near Huddersfield. Leanne Lytollis was sentenced to 16 weeks in prison for theft in November last year and was sent to HMP New Hall. She was released on December 5, but was recalled to prison on December 11 […]
HMP Leeds has been told it “missed opportunities” to adequately manage the risk posed to a prisoner who hanged himself. Reece Godward, 23, was found hanged in his cell on February 23 after entering prison 12 days earlier. In an investigation into his death by the Prison and Probation Ombudsman, it was found that staff […]
A prisoner found hanging in his prison cell had written a letter to the Governor warning about drugs on the wing. Gavin Cox, 47, died the day after he was found hanging in his cell in Wymott Prison near Leyland, in October 2023. A Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) report into his death revealed that […]
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Alleged corruption at the troubled Parc prison is being probed after the discovery of messages between staff about “excessive use of force on prisoners”, a UK Government minister has said. The investigation is connected to the recent arrests of four officers at the jail in Bridgend. The corruption, crime and policing unit of the Prison […]
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An official report has found a prisoner who died at HMP Humber told staff of his suicidal thoughts on four occasions before he took his own life in January 2020. Keith Turner, who was 50, died on 9 January 2020 from self-inflicted injuries in his cell. On the morning of Mr Turner’s death, around one […]
A coroner has highlighted prison failings after an inmate was found dead in his cell. Stephen Sleaford was found unresponsive on 27 October 2022, after taking his own life at HMP Gartree, near Market Harborough in Leicestershire. Following an inquest, held last month, it was concluded that “due to failings of the prison system, not […]