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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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1721 fatal incident reports

Andrew Gray

Published:
Date of birth:
30/04/1982
Date of death:
28/07/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Keith Gilding

Published:
Date of birth:
17/06/1950
Date of death:
28/07/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Dempsey Nibbs

Published:
Date of birth:
29/09/1946
Date of death:
26/07/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Joseph Peacock

Published:
Date of birth:
17/07/1982
Date of death:
25/07/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Lee Ellis

Published:
Date of birth:
03/02/1968
Date of death:
25/07/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Donald Winchcombe

Published:
Date of birth:
10/05/1949
Date of death:
25/07/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Brendan Teague

Published:
Date of birth:
28/02/1977
Date of death:
07/10/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Lee Hopkinson

Published:
Date of birth:
22/11/1988
Date of death:
17/02/2022
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Haifong Bian

Published:
Date of birth:
21/03/1977
Date of death:
06/12/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Gary Davies

Published:
Date of birth:
30/01/1958
Date of death:
10/06/2021
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison