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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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1417 fatal incident reports

Ashley Varley

Published:
Date of birth:
01/05/1991
Date of death:
17/01/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Post-release

Ken Hall

Published:
Date of birth:
12/01/1944
Date of death:
16/01/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

David Barnett

Published:
Date of birth:
06/03/1978
Date of death:
26/12/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Post-release

Shane Rhodes

Published:
Date of birth:
09/08/1988
Date of death:
09/01/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Mark Williams

Published:
Date of birth:
13/11/1973
Date of death:
25/12/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Post-release

George Richards

Published:
Date of birth:
04/04/2001
Date of death:
04/01/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Post-release

Matthew Osborne

Published:
Date of birth:
25/03/1984
Date of death:
25/11/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Ryan McArthur

Published:
Date of birth:
25/04/1989
Date of death:
26/04/2025
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Other non-natural
Establishment type:
Post-release

Trevor Brazier

Published:
Date of birth:
21/05/1970
Date of death:
17/06/2025
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Mark Apperley

Published:
Date of birth:
06/10/1970
Date of death:
07/08/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison