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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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1566 fatal incident reports

Peter Williams

Published:
Date of birth:
21/04/1958
Date of death:
03/08/2025
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Christopher Roberts

Published:
Date of birth:
05/10/1967
Date of death:
29/03/2025
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Daniel Brown

Published:
Date of birth:
25/03/1992
Date of death:
16/01/2025
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Steven Johnstone

Published:
Date of birth:
02/04/1982
Date of death:
07/12/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Emmett Morrison

Published:
Date of birth:
29/12/1983
Date of death:
16/10/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Philip Walton

Published:
Date of birth:
25/04/1960
Date of death:
19/05/2022
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Brian Myers

Published:
Date of birth:
03/03/1974
Date of death:
14/04/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Daniel See

Published:
Date of birth:
23/06/1991
Date of death:
29/04/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Carl Royal

Published:
Date of birth:
23/07/1968
Date of death:
24/11/2025
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Akiel Flemming

Published:
Date of birth:
04/03/1991
Date of death:
22/04/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison