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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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1284 fatal incident reports

Angela Thompson

Published:
Date of birth:
25/08/1959
Date of death:
11/04/2022
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Post-release

Simon Penton

Published:
Date of birth:
02/10/1970
Date of death:
14/11/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Craig Gordon

Published:
Date of birth:
18/03/1985
Date of death:
31/07/2023
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Lee Gowton

Published:
Date of birth:
02/11/1986
Date of death:
22/07/2023
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

David Cleaton

Published:
Date of birth:
28/07/1947
Date of death:
02/10/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Lee Howe

Published:
Date of birth:
27/05/1985
Date of death:
01/10/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Mark Richardson

Published:
Date of birth:
25/07/1968
Date of death:
30/09/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Derek Brown

Published:
Date of birth:
03/10/1960
Date of death:
29/09/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Karl Saunders

Published:
Date of birth:
07/05/1974
Date of death:
28/09/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Kouri Yee

Published:
Date of birth:
10/09/1994
Date of death:
29/09/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison