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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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1479 fatal incident reports

Robert Stephens

Published:
Date of birth:
26/12/1937
Date of death:
28/05/2021
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Trevor Burchell

Published:
Date of birth:
27/08/1965
Date of death:
12/02/2022
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Jason McDonagh

Published:
Date of birth:
20/12/1986
Date of death:
04/12/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Post-release

Raymond Catchpole

Published:
Date of birth:
19/04/1941
Date of death:
20/10/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Sonia Little

Published:
Date of birth:
27/11/1977
Date of death:
01/08/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Other non-natural
Establishment type:
Post-release

Harold Nicholson

Published:
Date of birth:
16/02/1949
Date of death:
27/11/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Ronnie Stewart

Published:
Date of birth:
12/06/1967
Date of death:
09/12/2022
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Gavin Wheale

Published:
Date of birth:
19/02/1977
Date of death:
08/08/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Other non-natural
Establishment type:
Prison

Jagen Ali

Published:
Date of birth:
21/03/2003
Date of death:
09/04/2024
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Robert Butler

Published:
Date of birth:
12/08/1986
Date of death:
25/06/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison