A welfare check on the morning of a prisoner’s death “fell short” of the required standards, a report by the prison ombudsman has said. Curtis Cadman, 50, was found dead in his cell at HMP Lincoln on 21 November 2022 after a prison officer had earlier assumed he was sleeping. The investigation also found control […]
Three Leicestershire prisoners accused of murdering a fellow inmate are set to face trial next year. Shaan Karim, 38, Thierry Robinson, 21, and Ashirie Smith, 18, are charged with the joint murder of another inmate at HMP Fosse Way, in Glen Parva, on Tuesday, August 20. The 31-year-old alleged victim, named in reports as Mahir Abdulrahman, […]
A coroner has revealed a prisoner serving an abolished indefinite sentence took his own life after learning the government had rejected proposals to resentence IPP prisoners. In his suicide note, Sean Davies, 30, blamed the hopelessness of the controversial Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences, which were scrapped in 2012 amid human rights concerns. But the abolition of the […]
The Scottish government has lost a legal bid to halt court action brought by the family of a man who died after being restrained by up to 17 prison officers. Allan Marshall died days after being held face down while in custody at HMP Edinburgh in 2015. In what is thought to be a legal […]
A prisoner who took her own life a day after seeing her child fall from a window was not appropriately assessed or managed, a scathing watchdog report says. Christine McDonald, 55, died at Wythenshawe Hospital, a day after being found unresponsive in her cell at Styal Prison in Cheshire. Ms McDonald was sentenced to 12 […]
The family of a man who died in prison first heard about his death via a rumour, an investigation has found. James Bailey, 24, took his own life at HMP The Mount in Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, on March 1, 2022, days after being transferred from HMP Bedford, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. An investigation […]
A Coroner has issued a Prevention of Future Death report concerning the suicide at HMP Winchester of Craig Steadman aged 32 years. Mr Steadman died by suicide at 01:25 on the 27/02/2022 in cell D36 at West Hill, Wing, HMP Winchester. A probable contributing factor was the extended lock up due to the covid regime […]
A prison has been warned it needs to improve after an inmate took his own life. Kevin McDonnell, 47, was incarcerated at HMP Nottingham when he died in his cell on 29 September 2022. A jury at Nottingham Coroner’s Court returned a narrative conclusion last month, noting how he had taken his own life and […]
A prisoner died after being taken ill at a prison with poor healthcare facilities for elderly inmates, an investigation has found. A report by Prisons & Probation Ombudsman (PPO) says the death of 92-year-old Gordon Dunn raises key questions about how best to meet the needs of prisoners who need 24-hour care. Dunn, who had […]
The Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody (IAPDC) has published a new report. The IAPDC carried out a scoping review of existing research in this area and found several potential risk factors, which are categorised below. Sociodemographic – male, older age, and being unemployed prior to being detained. Clinical – a prior suicide attempt. Patient history – mood […]
Self-harming incidents at Parc Prison in Bridgend have more than doubled in the last year, according to latest figures from the Ministry of Justice. There were a record 2,330 incidents in the year ending in March – up from 1,088 in 2022-23. Berwyn and Cardiff prisons also saw more self-harm incidents although there was a […]
A prison officer who lied under oath at an inquest into the death of an inmate has been jailed. Jailing Cook for 12 months, Judge Bernadette Baxter told him: “You are an experienced prison officer giving evidence under oath at an inquest about a death in custody. You must have appreciated the importance of your […]