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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

Georgie Smith

Published:
Date of birth:
10/05/2005
Date of death:
05/01/2024
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Morgan Sullivan

Published:
Date of birth:
06/06/2002
Date of death:
13/11/2022
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Dean Boness

Published:
Date of birth:
11/09/1986
Date of death:
19/02/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
In Prisoner Escort and Court Services (PECS) custody

McCauley Doran

Published:
Date of birth:
19/07/1997
Date of death:
19/03/2025
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Michael Smith

Published:
Date of birth:
11/11/1956
Date of death:
18/03/2025
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Russell Howard-Tricker

Published:
Date of birth:
27/01/1942
Date of death:
18/03/2025
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

James Rutherford

Published:
Date of birth:
10/05/1981
Date of death:
15/03/2025
Investigation status:
In progress
Establishment type:
Post-release

Kevin Lees

Published:
Date of birth:
15/09/1960
Date of death:
25/02/2025
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Post-release

Mark Collins

Published:
Date of birth:
07/12/1986
Date of death:
02/08/2023
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Daniel Childs

Published:
Date of birth:
16/06/1984
Date of death:
05/06/2023
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison