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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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1288 fatal incident reports

Steven Kempster

Published:
Date of birth:
12/04/1960
Date of death:
15/09/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Ben Merritt

Published:
Date of birth:
27/04/1988
Date of death:
12/09/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
In Prisoner Escort and Court Services (PECS) custody

Steven Wood

Published:
Date of birth:
19/08/1967
Date of death:
17/09/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Lee Sentance

Published:
Date of birth:
13/01/1978
Date of death:
22/02/2024
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Post-release

Brian Tait

Published:
Date of birth:
08/10/1962
Date of death:
11/09/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Post-release

Patrick McCann

Published:
Date of birth:
07/04/1947
Date of death:
17/09/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Michael Fabian

Published:
Date of birth:
14/05/1944
Date of death:
14/09/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Mark Wright

Published:
Date of birth:
10/11/1981
Date of death:
04/09/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Post-release

Christopher Anderson

Published:
Date of birth:
03/06/1967
Date of death:
09/09/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Lukasz Strag

Published:
Date of birth:
20/01/1980
Date of death:
26/01/2025
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison