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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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1480 fatal incident reports

Lee Fox

Published:
Date of birth:
16/05/1973
Date of death:
28/10/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Patrick Whiting

Published:
Date of birth:
17/03/1958
Date of death:
26/07/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Approved premises

Daniel Beresford

Published:
Date of birth:
18/10/1986
Date of death:
15/10/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Andrew Winspear

Published:
Date of birth:
17/05/1970
Date of death:
08/08/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Shay Andrews

Published:
Date of birth:
20/01/2001
Date of death:
18/03/2024
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Christopher Flaherty

Published:
Date of birth:
09/03/1981
Date of death:
29/04/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Approved premises

Peter Smith

Published:
Date of birth:
26/11/1982
Date of death:
23/04/2025
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Kamiel Lawnickzak

Published:
Date of birth:
05/06/1978
Date of death:
18/04/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Prison

Gareth Dack

Published:
Date of birth:
01/06/1983
Date of death:
21/04/2025
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Jamie Graham

Published:
Date of birth:
14/06/1996
Date of death:
03/04/2025
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Post-release