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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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1454 fatal incident reports

James Trewick

Published:
Date of birth:
16/09/1955
Date of death:
17/12/2022
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Wayne Franks

Published:
Date of birth:
01/02/1975
Date of death:
05/12/2022
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Daniel Short

Published:
Date of birth:
09/06/1986
Date of death:
14/08/2019
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Other non-natural
Establishment type:
Approved premises

Harold Rushton

Published:
Date of birth:
02/02/1948
Date of death:
20/12/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

John Slater

Published:
Date of birth:
11/07/1940
Date of death:
26/11/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Gary Winters

Published:
Date of birth:
30/10/1960
Date of death:
25/11/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Matthew Pickles

Published:
Date of birth:
12/02/1975
Date of death:
25/11/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Robert Harvey

Published:
Date of birth:
18/08/1995
Date of death:
10/09/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Post-release

Carl Royal

Published:
Date of birth:
23/07/1968
Date of death:
24/11/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Scott Price

Published:
Date of birth:
12/02/1996
Date of death:
13/11/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Post-release