PFD · Category

State Custody related deaths

357 reports 57 areas Earliest: Aug 2013 Latest: 8 Apr 2026

76% response rate (above 63% average). 59% of classified responses show concrete action taken. Reports rose 40% from 25 (2023) to 35 (2024).

Responses identified
Responses identified 270 0 responses identified 5 Historic 82
AI Classification
Action Taken 59%
Action Planned 27%
Noted 13%
Disputed 1%
Based on 408 classified responses
357 results

PFD Reports

357 results
Ref Deceased Date Coroner area Addressees Responses identified
2017-0021 Margaret Atkinson 30 Jan 2017 County Durham and Darlington G4S National Offender Management … +1 1/3
2016-0453 Mark Lilliott 16 Dec 2016 Liverpool and Wirral HMP Liverpool 0/1
2016-0480 Simon Turvey 13 Dec 2016 Milton Keynes National Offender Management … Prison and Probation Ombudsman 0/2
2016-0437 Tedros Kahssay 6 Dec 2016 London Inner (North) Care UK HMP Pentonville +1 1/3
2016-0430 Matthew Russell 27 Nov 2016 Surrey Central and North West London… HMP High Down +1 1/3
2016-0377 Richard Walsh 25 Oct 2016 London Inner (South) DAC Beachcroft LLP Department of Health and Soci… +4 4/6
Michelle Barnes 24 Oct 2016 County Durham and Darlington NOMS, Prison Service, Equalit… 0/1
2016-0360 Roy Hoey 13 Oct 2016 Liverpool and Wirral National Offender Management … 1/1
2016-0356 Wayne Cornlouer 12 Oct 2016 Dorset HMP Portland 1/1
2016-0461 Calam Atour 12 Oct 2016 Wiltshire and Swindon National Offender Management … 0/1
2016-0346 Haydn Burton 4 Oct 2016 Hampshire (Central) HM Prison Service Samaritans 1/2
2016-0335 Liam Lambert 20 Sep 2016 Leicester City and Leicestershire South HMP YOI Glen Parva Secretary of State for Justice +1 1/3
2016-0320 Warren Sampson 6 Sep 2016 Essex Care UK Family Solicitors +1 1/3
2016-0314 Peter Lawrence 30 Aug 2016 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough National Offender Management … 0/1
2016-wp25358 Stephen St Clair 12 Aug 2016 Isle of Wight Ministry of Justice National Offender Management … 0/2
Thomas Jordan 10 Aug 2016 West Yorkshire (East) Her Majesty's Prison, Leeds The Leeds Teaching Hospitals … 0/2
2016-0287 Thomas Jordan 10 Aug 2016 Yorkshire West (East) Head of Healthcare, HMP Leeds Medical Director, Leeds Teach… 1/2
2016-wp25340 Terence Adams 26 Jul 2016 London Inner (North) Care UK HMP Pentonville 1/2
Olawale Adelusi 22 Jul 2016 London (West) METROPOLITAN POLICE SERVICE 0/1
2016-0245 Michael Williams 11 Jul 2016 Leicester City and Leicestershire South HMP Leicester 1/1
2016-0238 John Betteridge 30 Jun 2016 County Durham and Darlington G4S National Offender Management … +2 0/4
2016-0485 Beverley Devanney 24 Jun 2016 West Yorkshire (West) West Yorkshire Police 0/1
2016-0225 Anthony Fraser 8 Jun 2016 South Yorkshire (East) HMP Lindholme 1/1
2016-0210 Steven Trudgill 6 Jun 2016 Suffolk Ministry of Justice 0/1
2016-0209 Adetokunbo Ajakaiye 27 May 2016 South Yorkshire (East) Ministry of Justice NHS England 0/2