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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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1468 fatal incident reports

Michael Lamb

Published:
Date of birth:
01/10/1945
Date of death:
11/04/2024
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Mohammed Amir

Published:
Date of birth:
19/01/1981
Date of death:
01/06/2025
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Post-release

Mohid Ali

Published:
Date of birth:
19/01/1979
Date of death:
03/07/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Liam Smedley

Published:
Date of birth:
07/12/1985
Date of death:
01/07/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Neil Ashby

Published:
Date of birth:
21/09/1978
Date of death:
01/07/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Jason Mortimer

Published:
Date of birth:
14/09/1988
Date of death:
29/06/2025
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Eric Heald

Published:
Date of birth:
15/02/1935
Date of death:
28/06/2025
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Gary Beaudro

Published:
Date of birth:
30/07/1948
Date of death:
27/06/2025
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Bernard Heaney

Published:
Date of birth:
20/02/1971
Date of death:
27/06/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Alex John

Published:
Date of birth:
04/12/1962
Date of death:
13/01/2020
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison