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Death investigations & reports

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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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1522 fatal incident reports

Mehrban Hussain

Published:
Date of birth:
01/01/1973
Date of death:
01/04/2022
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Emmett Morrison

Published:
Date of birth:
29/12/1983
Date of death:
16/10/2024
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Thomas Cole

Published:
Date of birth:
28/07/1948
Date of death:
13/05/2022
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

James Walker

Published:
Date of birth:
28/01/1986
Date of death:
09/06/2025
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Post-release

Thomas Downs

Published:
Date of birth:
13/03/1944
Date of death:
11/06/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Margaret Berry

Published:
Date of birth:
26/02/1982
Date of death:
30/05/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Post-release

Lee Brown

Published:
Date of birth:
22/12/1980
Date of death:
25/11/2024
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Michael Dawson

Published:
Date of birth:
07/05/1984
Date of death:
14/02/2024
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Angela Shand

Published:
Date of birth:
05/06/1972
Date of death:
13/11/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Post-release

Patrick Maughan

Published:
Date of birth:
01/04/1998
Date of death:
27/02/2024
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison