Five prison officers at Parc Prison in Bridgend have been sacked following a misconduct investigation into disturbing text messages shared between staff. The case began last October when four officers were arrested after South Wales Police and the prison service launched an inquiry into social media messages that appeared to boast about using excessive force […]
Three prisoners who died at a Scots jail within months of one other all consumed street valium at the time of their deaths, a Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) has found. Marius Bauba, 28, Thomas Thompson, 46, and James Garscadden, 32, all died in a four month period between April and July 2021. The inmates were […]
A report by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) has found that the standard of healthcare received by a man who died in HMP Bedford last year was not equivalent to what he would have received in the community. Azhar Hussain, 40, died of heart failure on 27 December 2023, less than a month after […]
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An investigation has been published into the death of Michael Grimes at HMP Isle of Wight. Grimes, 74, from Dunstable, was handed a 28-year prison sentence in September 2017, after he admitted 17 offences over 40 years. Grimes was transferred to the Island prison in February 2019 and died while still in custody on February […]
The Prison Service has apologised after the wrong family was informed after an inmate at a maximum-security prison took his own life. The error emerged after the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) released its investigation into the death of Mohammed Ahmed at HMP Frankland, Durham, in March 2024. Mohammed Ahmed, who was serving an indefinite […]
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A prisoner “would almost certainly still be alive today” if he had not been sent to crisis-hit HMP Wandsworth, a watchdog has ruled. A damning investigation found staff repeatedly missed opportunities to help Rajwinder Singh, 36, who took his own life 11 days after arriving at the south-west London prison in June 2023. The prison […]
An investigation is under way after the death of a prisoner at a jail in Leicestershire. Police received a report of an assault on an inmate at HMP Fosse Way at about 16:45 BST on 6 August. Dennis Green, 42, was taken to hospital for treatment but died on 21 August. Leicestershire Police said Damien […]
Inquests have opened into the deaths of two prisoners who were serving sentences at HMP Lowdham Grange. Stephen Metcalfe was 47 when he died at Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham on 30 December 2024, while 24-year-old Adam Diesa-Green was confirmed deceased at the Nottinghamshire prison on 17 January this year. Yesterday (Thursday), the inquest heard […]
An investigation by the Prisons Ombudsman into the death of prisoner has revealed evidence of systemic failure in his care – and falsification of suicide prevention records. Daniel Ayers, 43, from Dorset, was found by an inquest to have taken his life at HMP Winchester in July 2021. Now the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has […]
Jailed former Gooch gang boss Lee Amos collapsed and died after suffering a heart attack in prison after a gym session, an inquest concluded. Amos, who had undiagnosed heart disease, was found sweating and clutching his chest by a fellow inmate who held his hand after he collapsed in his cell at HMP Oakwood, a […]