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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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1712 fatal incident reports

Thomas Smith

Published:
Date of birth:
21/03/1959
Date of death:
20/06/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Steven Browne

Published:
Date of birth:
08/07/1956
Date of death:
24/06/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Shane Brice

Published:
Date of birth:
12/07/1967
Date of death:
24/06/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Garvin Jackson

Published:
Date of birth:
13/07/1986
Date of death:
22/06/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Post-release

Edward Cason

Published:
Date of birth:
23/05/1964
Date of death:
21/06/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Christopher Taylor

Published:
Date of birth:
18/10/1972
Date of death:
19/06/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Keith Potts

Published:
Date of birth:
15/04/1951
Date of death:
19/06/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

David Lam

Published:
Date of birth:
28/04/1982
Date of death:
13/06/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Post-release

Victor Mullery

Published:
Date of birth:
23/08/1957
Date of death:
26/05/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Post-release

Thomas Chatfield

Published:
Date of birth:
09/07/1984
Date of death:
19/04/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Post-release