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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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1616 fatal incident reports

Peter Lee

Published:
Date of birth:
14/04/1954
Date of death:
06/06/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Daniella Sawyer

Published:
Date of birth:
24/11/1995
Date of death:
09/06/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Alan Baker

Published:
Date of birth:
10/03/1957
Date of death:
09/06/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Martin McDermott

Published:
Date of birth:
03/06/1957
Date of death:
08/06/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Ashley Wilkinson

Published:
Date of birth:
16/02/1989
Date of death:
08/06/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Barry Johnson

Published:
Date of birth:
23/01/1969
Date of death:
07/06/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Glynn Tonkiss

Published:
Date of birth:
12/06/1946
Date of death:
07/06/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Parth Shahi

Published:
Date of birth:
12/12/1998
Date of death:
06/06/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Zachariah Alimi

Published:
Date of birth:
08/03/1955
Date of death:
05/06/2026
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Georgie Smith

Published:
Date of birth:
10/05/2005
Date of death:
05/01/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison