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
2026-0038 Scott Berry 20 Oct 2025 City of Kingston Upon Hull and the County of the East Riding of Yorkshire HM Prison & Probation Service Minister of State for Prisons… 1/2
2025-0541 Declan Carr 20 Oct 2025 East Riding of Yorkshire and City of Kingston Upon Hull NHS England 1/1
2025-0508 Jamie Funnell 13 Oct 2025 East Sussex Practice Plus Group 1/1
2025-0498 Richard Hunt 8 Oct 2025 Rutland and North Leicestershire His Majesty’s Prison & Probat… Crown Premises Fire & Safety … +1 1/3
2025-0487 Steven Hart 24 Sep 2025 Bedfordshire and Luton Governor [REDACTED], HM Chief… 1/1
2025-0497 Martin Collins 17 Sep 2025 Suffolk Minister of State for Prisons… 1/1
2025-0434 Masood Hamid 20 Aug 2025 Manchester North Chief Constable Greater Manch… Chief Executive North West Am… +2 4/4
2025-0394 Lewis Petryszyn 31 Jul 2025 South Wales Central Cwn Taf Morgannwg University … G4S 1/2
2025-0391 Azroy Dawes-Clarke 29 Jul 2025 Kent and Medway His Majesty’s Prison and Prob… 1/1
2025-0389 Azroy Dawes-Clarke 29 Jul 2025 Kent and Medway HMP Elmley Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust +1 3/3
2025-0388 Azroy Dawes-Clarke 29 Jul 2025 Kent and Medway Department of Health and Soci… Ministry of Justice 1/2
2025-0378 Michael Pugh 25 Jul 2025 Kent and Medway His Majesty’s Prison and Prob… 1/1
2025-0376 Sheldon Jeans 25 Jul 2025 Dorset Department of Health and Soci… HMP Guys Marsh +2 4/4
2025-0364 Patryk Gladysz 18 Jul 2025 Inner West London HMPPS Minister of State for Prisons +3 3/5
2025-0350 Gavin Wheale 10 Jul 2025 Birmingham and Solihull HM Prison & Probation Service 1/1
2025-0345 George Emmett 8 Jul 2025 Buckinghamshire HM Prison & Probation Service HMP Woodhill +1 1/3
2025-0265 Colin Lovett 30 May 2025 Dorset Department of Health and Soci… HMPPS 2/2
2025-0211 Sarah Boyle 2 May 2025 Cheshire HMP Styal HMPPS +2 1/4
2025-0133 Sean Higgins 11 Mar 2025 Mid Kent and Medway HMP Rochester 1/1
2025-0106 Isaiah Olugosi 24 Feb 2025 West London HMP Wormwood Scrubs 1/1
2025-0079 Anthony Binfield, David Richards and Rolandas Karbauskas 7 Feb 2025 Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire HMPPS NHS England +3 5/5
2025-0046 William Bissett 27 Jan 2025 Liverpool and Wirral HMPPS HMP Wymott 2/2
2025-0038 Nathan Shepherd 22 Jan 2025 Manchester South Ministry of Justice 1/1
2024-0702-wp94639 Haydar Jefferies 20 Dec 2024 Surrey HMP Coldingley HMPPS +2 3/4
2024-0672 Kayleigh Melhuish 4 Dec 2024 Avon Avon and Wiltshire Mental Hea… HMP Eastwood Park +2 3/4