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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

Isa Sule

Published:
Date of birth:
21/11/1978
Date of death:
19/12/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Post-release

David Reid

Published:
Date of birth:
01/10/1957
Date of death:
11/01/2021
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Peter Hicks

Published:
Date of birth:
06/07/1960
Date of death:
16/06/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Post-release

Ian Smith

Published:
Date of birth:
11/03/1961
Date of death:
10/04/2023
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Ann-Marie Pyle

Published:
Date of birth:
28/05/1960
Date of death:
30/09/2021
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Ming Jiang

Published:
Date of birth:
14/12/1973
Date of death:
21/07/2024
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Natural causes
Establishment type:
Prison

Michael Fox

Published:
Date of birth:
03/06/1978
Date of death:
15/03/2022
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Other non-natural
Establishment type:
Post-release

Jason McQuoid

Published:
Date of birth:
23/02/1984
Date of death:
02/03/2021
Investigation status:
Report published
Category of death:
Self-inflicted
Establishment type:
Prison

Trevor Wiggan

Published:
Date of birth:
13/08/1963
Date of death:
21/12/2023
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison

Keith Whitworth

Published:
Date of birth:
05/08/1953
Date of death:
30/09/2021
Investigation status:
Pending inquest outcome
Establishment type:
Prison