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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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1493 fatal incident reports

Joseph Gornall

Published:
Date of death:
03/07/2022
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Other non-natural
Establishment type:
Post-release

Joseph Davies

Published:
Date of death:
12/02/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Colin Hudson

Published:
Date of death:
05/04/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Sean Huntroyd

Published:
Date of death:
07/05/2020
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Russell Irvine

Published:
Date of death:
07/11/2022
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Mark Smith

Published:
Date of death:
03/05/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Post-release

Ryan Harris

Published:
Date of death:
01/10/2021
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Anthony O’Connell

Published:
Date of death:
18/09/2022
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Liam Turner

Published:
Date of death:
06/12/2021
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Other non-natural
Establishment type:
Prison

Nezam Ghalate

Published:
Date of birth:
06/05/1969
Date of death:
15/06/2024
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison