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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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1531 fatal incident reports

Alan Whelan

Published:
Date of birth:
07/08/1983
Date of death:
30/12/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Eric Harrison

Published:
Date of birth:
25/01/1934
Date of death:
14/02/2025
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Hallum Elgood

Published:
Date of birth:
03/07/1986
Date of death:
30/12/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Colin Storey

Published:
Date of birth:
09/06/1955
Date of death:
14/06/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Waleed Ali

Published:
Date of birth:
26/11/1967
Date of death:
22/10/2022
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Reginald Robinson

Published:
Date of birth:
05/06/1942
Date of death:
07/04/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Paul Griffiths

Published:
Date of birth:
29/08/1968
Date of death:
06/04/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Stephen Finnigan

Published:
Date of birth:
24/09/1960
Date of death:
04/04/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Lindsay Phair

Published:
Date of birth:
19/09/1960
Date of death:
18/11/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Kenneth Wood

Published:
Date of birth:
15/08/1952
Date of death:
25/08/2025
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison