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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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1736 fatal incident reports

Michael Pickering

Published:
Date of birth:
09/11/1986
Date of death:
07/08/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

James Raynor

Published:
Date of birth:
12/12/1996
Date of death:
28/07/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Johnpaul Digweed

Published:
Date of birth:
03/12/1988
Date of death:
13/04/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Oliver Crossley

Published:
Date of birth:
11/10/1998
Date of death:
11/08/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

William Vickers

Published:
Date of birth:
03/01/1981
Date of death:
26/07/2018
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Roger Dodds

Published:
Date of birth:
17/10/1935
Date of death:
11/08/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Warsami Ibrahim

Published:
Date of birth:
19/10/1995
Date of death:
08/08/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

John Burnham

Published:
Date of birth:
28/03/1999
Date of death:
08/08/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Richard Smallwood

Published:
Date of birth:
29/01/1948
Date of death:
07/08/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Isaiah Olugosi

Published:
Date of birth:
26/03/1983
Date of death:
28/03/2022
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison