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Death investigations & reports

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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537 fatal incident reports

Andrew Milnes

Published:
Date of death:
21/10/2024
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Peter Lynch

Published:
Date of death:
19/10/2024
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Ben Skivington

Published:
Date of death:
02/10/2022
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Other non-natural
Establishment type:
Post-release

Frederick Stallwood

Published:
Date of death:
10/12/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Kayleigh Melhuish

Published:
Date of death:
07/07/2022
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Mark Beresford

Published:
Date of death:
07/10/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Shane Davies

Published:
Date of death:
28/08/2022
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Mark Powell

Published:
Date of death:
04/06/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Charleston Cullen

Published:
Date of death:
25/05/2022
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Paul Roberts

Published:
Date of death:
14/11/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison