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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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1525 fatal incident reports

Derick Walker

Published:
Date of birth:
29/06/1962
Date of death:
09/07/2025
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Barry Doyle

Published:
Date of birth:
20/07/1950
Date of death:
09/07/2025
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Mohamed Omar

Published:
Date of birth:
27/05/1988
Date of death:
07/07/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

James Bell

Published:
Date of birth:
12/12/1990
Date of death:
06/07/2025
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Paul Charmley

Published:
Date of birth:
07/08/1972
Date of death:
20/06/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Amer Fareed

Published:
Date of birth:
31/03/1983
Date of death:
08/08/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Other non-natural
Establishment type:
Prison

Stephen Smith

Published:
Date of birth:
16/02/1966
Date of death:
24/03/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Abdul Ghani

Published:
Date of birth:
12/06/1963
Date of death:
25/02/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Post-release

Carl Bennett

Published:
Date of birth:
15/07/1969
Date of death:
25/08/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Damon Hardman

Published:
Date of birth:
12/11/1973
Date of death:
08/06/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison