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PPO responses to the Inquiry into Women in Prison

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PPO responses to the Justice Select Committee's Inquiry into Women in Prison.

Learning Lessons Bulletin Issue 15: COVID-19 PPO fatal incident investigations

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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.

Learning Lessons Bulletin Issue 10: COVID-19 PPO Complaints

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In March 2020, the imposition of the national lockdown in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic brought substantial changes to how prisons, probation services and immigration removal centres (IRCs) were able to function.

PPO response into the Coroner Service in England and Wales

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PPO response to the Justice Select Committee's Inquiry into the Coroner Service in England and Wales.

PPO response to the Inquiry into the Aging Prison Population

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PPO response to the Justice Select Committee's Inquiry into the Aging Prison Population.

Learning Lessons Bulletin Issue 9: Complaints about discrimination

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This bulletin contributes to an emerging conversation about how prisons can better engage with and resolve prisoners’ complaints about discrimination.

Learning Lessons Bulletin Issue 14: Approved Premises – Substance misuse

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This bulletin provides learning from our investigations into the deaths of Approved Premises residents where abuse of drugs or alcohol was involved.

Learning lessons: Older prisoners (thematic)

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This report is a thematic review of our investigations into naturally-caused deaths of prisoners over 50.

Learning Lessons Bulletin Issue 13: Self-inflicted deaths among female prisoners

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This bulletin was prompted by the recent dramatic and depressing rise in self-inflicted deaths of women in prison.

Learning Lessons Bulletin Issue 8: Complaints from young people in custody

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This learning lessons bulletin explores learning from investigations into complaints from those under the age of 21.