Learning and research documents

This learning lessons bulletin summarises research from Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) investigations into the self-inflicted deaths of prisoners in reception prisons over the past five years.

This Learning Lessons Bulletin has been prompted by the deaths of prisoners in segregation units. The bulletin summarises learning and areas which require further attention to ensure segregation is used and managed appropriately.

This Learning Lessons Bulletin has been prompted by concerns about the treatment of epilepsy in prisons. The bulletin summarises learning and areas which require further attention.

The first in a series of publications on property, this bulletin summarises learning from PPO investigations into property complaints received from prisoners over the last five years.

This learning lessons bulletin summarises the learning from PPO investigations into the deaths of those who died within 14 days of release from prison.

This learning lessons bulletin has been prompted by the worrying increase in self-inflicted deaths of prisoners serving Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences in 2022. The PPO have continued to see self-inflicted deaths of IPP prisoners in 2023.

This report presents the findings from the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman’s (PPO) evaluation of its post-release death investigations pilot.

This learning lessons bulletin summarises the learning from PPO investigations into the deaths of those who died within 14 days of release from prison.

This learning lessons bulletin summarises our findings from the second wave of COVID-19 related deaths in prisons.1 It covers deaths notified to us and investigations started between 8 October 2020 and 20 April 2021.

In March 2020, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic and brought substantial changes to how prisons, Approved Premises (APs) and immigration removal centres (IRCs) were able to function.