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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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1454 fatal incident reports

Alan Hutchinson

Published:
Date of birth:
04/04/1947
Date of death:
21/10/2022
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Josh Tarrant

Published:
Date of birth:
01/03/1989
Date of death:
01/11/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Other non-natural
Establishment type:
Prison

Stephen Ansbro

Published:
Date of birth:
09/12/1962
Date of death:
17/12/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Michael Hobbs

Published:
Date of birth:
15/09/1946
Date of death:
20/12/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Mark Lawton

Published:
Date of birth:
21/04/1973
Date of death:
19/12/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Dean Sykes

Published:
Date of birth:
12/07/1982
Date of death:
18/12/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Post-release

John Murtagh

Published:
Date of birth:
02/02/1946
Date of death:
18/12/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Malcolm Coles

Published:
Date of birth:
02/04/1949
Date of death:
17/12/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Thomas Spry

Published:
Date of birth:
07/02/1987
Date of death:
19/12/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Paul Ellison

Published:
Date of birth:
01/06/1971
Date of death:
19/12/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison