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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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1512 fatal incident reports

Colin Waterfield

Published:
Date of birth:
30/03/1946
Date of death:
18/03/2025
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

William Smith

Published:
Date of birth:
26/05/1950
Date of death:
14/03/2025
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Laura Parry

Published:
Date of birth:
05/03/1964
Date of death:
15/12/2023
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Terence McGlen

Published:
Date of birth:
12/02/1957
Date of death:
12/03/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Malcolm Pyke

Published:
Date of birth:
28/01/1977
Date of death:
12/03/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Michael Southall

Published:
Date of birth:
27/11/1979
Date of death:
07/03/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Post-release

Kevin O’Regan

Published:
Date of birth:
23/04/1979
Date of death:
10/03/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Kerry Stevens

Published:
Date of birth:
31/01/1972
Date of death:
05/03/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Post-release

John Thurston

Published:
Date of birth:
26/03/1953
Date of death:
10/03/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Raymond Billam

Published:
Date of birth:
19/09/1948
Date of death:
09/03/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison