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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

John Whitehead

Published:
Date of birth:
04/05/1941
Date of death:
31/10/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Stephen Blackwell

Published:
Date of birth:
16/03/1978
Date of death:
18/01/2025
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Mohammed Ahmed

Published:
Date of birth:
13/06/1977
Date of death:
13/03/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Tracey Dyke

Published:
Date of birth:
17/06/1986
Date of death:
31/07/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Sonny Tote

Published:
Date of birth:
19/01/1996
Date of death:
18/06/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Other non-natural
Establishment type:
Post-release

Patrick Horner

Published:
Date of birth:
25/05/1948
Date of death:
21/12/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Post-release

Stuart Cordner

Published:
Date of birth:
17/12/1975
Date of death:
01/11/2024
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Steven Brown

Published:
Date of birth:
21/08/1986
Date of death:
12/07/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Post-release

Gerald Sherwin

Published:
Date of birth:
01/01/1952
Date of death:
25/09/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Samuel Ross

Published:
Date of birth:
20/10/1996
Date of death:
13/08/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison