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Death investigations & reports

Warning: Reports may contain extremely graphic information which readers may find distressing.

This page contains details of death investigations that are currently in progress as well as final reports. The PPO is only able to publish final reports after sharing them with the family of the deceased person and after the coroner’s inquest has taken place. Please visit our archive site to view reports published before June 2024. You can also view investigations started before July 2024 too.

Use the search box below to find out where a death or deaths have happened. View a list of all prisons in England and Wales.

Please note, this is PPO data on fatal incident investigations which may not align with official statistics published by the Ministry of Justice.

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1793 fatal incident reports

Piran Khan

Published:
Date of birth:
13/10/1948
Date of death:
21/02/2025
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Peter Lynch

Published:
Date of birth:
25/02/1963
Date of death:
19/10/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Luke Sharp

Published:
Date of birth:
22/12/2005
Date of death:
01/10/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Harold Smith

Published:
Date of birth:
09/08/1941
Date of death:
28/09/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Steven Danahar

Published:
Date of birth:
17/06/1956
Date of death:
28/09/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Ashley Russell

Published:
Date of birth:
13/02/1986
Date of death:
27/09/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Munir Farooqi

Published:
Date of birth:
23/05/1957
Date of death:
27/09/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Stefan Slack

Published:
Date of birth:
21/02/1994
Date of death:
20/11/2022
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Jeffrey Quirk

Published:
Date of birth:
01/06/1947
Date of death:
19/12/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Jacob Blow

Published:
Date of birth:
25/01/1990
Date of death:
09/05/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison