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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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895 fatal incident reports

James Murphy

Published:
Date of birth:
20/06/1981
Date of death:
23/04/2024
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Post-release

David Walpole

Published:
Date of birth:
22/09/1971
Date of death:
01/03/2024
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Simon Follos

Published:
Date of birth:
28/11/1973
Date of death:
22/08/2023
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Emma Kent

Published:
Date of birth:
01/08/1986
Date of death:
24/07/2023
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Christopher Reed

Published:
Date of birth:
20/08/1958
Date of death:
24/01/2022
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Sydney Mimer

Published:
Date of birth:
26/02/1948
Date of death:
26/03/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Mark Bates

Published:
Date of birth:
18/08/1992
Date of death:
26/03/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Amanda Fitzpatrick

Published:
Date of birth:
11/08/1985
Date of death:
19/03/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Approved premises

John Barkess

Published:
Date of birth:
04/06/1940
Date of death:
24/03/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Lee Hartley

Published:
Date of birth:
02/02/1972
Date of death:
31/01/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Post-release