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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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1763 fatal incident reports

Macauley Chester

Published:
Date of birth:
30/06/1997
Date of death:
26/08/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

James Christie

Published:
Date of birth:
18/02/1947
Date of death:
25/08/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Jacob Chambers

Published:
Date of birth:
21/10/1999
Date of death:
21/08/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Luke Johnson

Published:
Date of birth:
02/11/1970
Date of death:
21/08/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Jonathan Shotter

Published:
Date of birth:
10/02/1981
Date of death:
25/08/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Approved premises

Phillip Dickin

Published:
Date of birth:
11/06/1971
Date of death:
23/08/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Colin Gaines

Published:
Date of birth:
06/03/1953
Date of death:
19/08/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Stephen Nuth

Published:
Date of birth:
02/03/1974
Date of death:
24/09/2025
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Angela Montgomery

Published:
Date of birth:
02/01/1973
Date of death:
25/02/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Other non-natural
Establishment type:
Prison

Moses Hailemichel

Published:
Date of birth:
01/02/2005
Date of death:
03/03/2025
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Post-release