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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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1279 fatal incident reports

David Howarth

Published:
Date of birth:
25/07/1947
Date of death:
30/12/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Hughie Hendry

Published:
Date of birth:
13/06/1973
Date of death:
25/11/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Other non-natural
Establishment type:
Post-release

Colin Black

Published:
Date of birth:
23/08/1993
Date of death:
11/09/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Other non-natural
Establishment type:
Post-release

Peter Honnor

Published:
Date of birth:
01/02/1969
Date of death:
27/06/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

David Austin

Published:
Date of birth:
17/07/1966
Date of death:
01/12/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

George Stephenson

Published:
Date of birth:
07/09/1951
Date of death:
20/04/2025
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

David Lancaster

Published:
Date of birth:
11/02/1981
Date of death:
30/11/2022
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Post-release

Susan Simpson

Published:
Date of birth:
20/05/1969
Date of death:
29/06/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Peter Long

Published:
Date of birth:
30/04/1958
Date of death:
10/03/2025
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

David Tilley

Published:
Date of birth:
08/10/1950
Date of death:
26/09/2021
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison