A watchdog found prison staff had falsified records of checks on an inmate who died CCTV proved checks on a prisoner who died had not been carried out, a Prisons and Probation Ombudsman report warned A prisons watchdog has warned of the “widespread falsification” of records claiming checks on suicidal inmates have been carried out. […]
A homophobic killer who murdered a man for allegedly making a pass at him has now been jailed again – for throttling his cellmate. Vitalie Tanga, 41, was given a life sentence last year for the ‘senseless’ killing of Alfred Mattox, who was gay, after beating him to death in his own home in 2021. […]
The main prison serving Devon and Cornwall has been heavily criticised in a report over the death of a prison who hanged himself in his cell despite being on suicide watch and expressing fears that he was at risk of violence from other inmates. Ashley Wood was discovered hanging in his cell at HMP Exeter […]
Two inmates collapsed and died within three days of each other at a troubled prison in Greater Manchester. Gavin Banks, 48, from Oldham, who was serving time for robbery, was found dead at HMP Hindley in Wigan on June 4, and two days later Dylan Rose, 29, from Liverpool, also died. The deaths were confirmed […]
A prison inmate died two weeks after he was transferred to a Lancashire prison with staff failing to inform officers he had epilepsy. John Creevy was jailed for seven years in September 2015 after he was convicted of robbery and violent offences. He was initially imprisoned at Liverpool Prison before being transferred to Lowdham Grange […]
Two men have been jailed for killing a fellow inmate at a prison in Leicestershire. Mahir Abdulrahman, also known as Mahir Mohamed, was found unresponsive in his cell at HMP Fosse Way in Glen Parva on 20 August 2024 and pronounced dead at the scene. Ashirie Smith, 19, was jailed for a minimum term of […]
MSPs are to investigate the role of organised crime and the impact of overcrowding in an inquiry into drugs and alcohol abuse in prisons. Audrey Nicoll, convener of Holyrood’s criminal justice committee, said the issues could not be ignored in the probe which follows concerns raised by a parliamentary people’s panel over the rise and […]
Deaths in state detention up 11% in the last year: 546 deaths in state detention (including deaths of those released from custody within 7 days and residents of probation approved schemes) were reported to coroners in 2024 (up from 492 in 2023), the increase was driven by a 16% rise in deaths of those in […]
Naloxone is the emergency antidote for overdoses caused by heroin and other opiates or opioids (such as methadone, morphine, nitazenes and fentanyl). The main life-threatening effect of heroin and other opiates is to slow down and stop breathing. Naloxone blocks this effect and reverses the breathing difficulties. Naloxone is a prescription-only medicine, so pharmacies cannot […]
An investigation is under way after the death of an inmate at a jail in Greater Manchester. Dean Clementson, who was 33, died at HMP Forest Bank in Salford on 1 April. The Category B jail, which is run by French prison operator Sodexo, has capacity for about 1,460 male inmates. A spokeswoman for HMP […]
A prisoner at HMP Wandsworth was living in a cell that was ‘too hot’ in the days leading up to his death from a heat-related illness, a watchdog has found. David Wise, 43, was discovered unresponsive in his cell on December 15, 2021, only 10 days after arriving at the category B men’s prison in […]
The circumstances surrounding the death of a woman who was hospitalised within 24 hours of being remanded to prison remain unclear. Rebecca Parkinson was remanded to HMP Styal, in Wilmslow, Cheshire, on July 28, 2022, charged with assaulting a police officer. Before the 43-year-old arrived, the prison had been informed that she was at risk […]