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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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1525 fatal incident reports

Anthony Mitchell

Published:
Date of birth:
01/11/1936
Date of death:
30/01/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Alan Giles

Published:
Date of birth:
08/06/1952
Date of death:
07/12/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Other non-natural
Establishment type:
Prison

Robert Connolly

Published:
Date of birth:
18/05/1977
Date of death:
29/04/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Post-release

Ian Taylor

Published:
Date of birth:
13/03/1969
Date of death:
23/08/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

John Rose

Published:
Date of birth:
14/01/1947
Date of death:
27/02/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Roy Varley

Published:
Date of birth:
12/09/1960
Date of death:
08/06/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Victor Todd

Published:
Date of birth:
04/09/1941
Date of death:
14/04/2024
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:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

George Armstrong

Published:
Date of birth:
17/12/1967
Date of death:
23/04/2024
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Paul Miller

Published:
Date of birth:
01/02/1981
Date of death:
26/02/2024
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison