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
Clear 165 results

PFD Reports

165 results
Ref Deceased Date Coroner area Addressees Responses identified
2021-0139 Richard Ormond 5 May 2021 Worcestershire HMP Long Lartin 2/1
2021-0125 Darren Adams 29 Apr 2021 South Yorkshire (East) Practice Plus Group and Resus… 2/1
2021-0118 Guy Paget 23 Apr 2021 West Yorkshire (East) HMP Leeds 1/1
2021-0041 Michael Dent-Jones 12 Feb 2021 Surrey HMPS 1/1
2021-0035 Michael Dobson 11 Feb 2021 Staffordshire South HMP Dovegate 1/1
2021-0032 Jason O’Rourke 10 Feb 2021 Inner South London HMP Belmarsh and HMPS 1/1
2020-0261 Lee Davies 9 Oct 2020 Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Midlands Partnership NHS Foun… 1/1
2020-0195 Wesley Rowlands 5 Oct 2020 Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen HMP Garth 1/1
2020-0148 Prince Fosu 6 Jul 2020 West London Central & North West London N… Independent Monitoring Board 2/2
2020-0074 Lewis Francis 23 Mar 2020 Exeter and Greater Devon Avon and Somerset Police Cornwall Partnership NHS Foun… +9 2/11
2020-0064 Ian Weeks 12 Mar 2020 South Wales Central Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust 1/1
2020-0065 Robert Brown 9 Mar 2020 Staffordshire (south) National Offender Management … 1/1
2020-0056 Carl Newman 6 Mar 2020 Liverpool and the Wirral HMPPS 1/1
2020-0010 Marlon Watson 14 Jan 2020 Staffordshire (South) HMP Dovegate 2/1
2019-0445 Tomasz Nowasad 20 Dec 2019 Manchester (City) Greater Manchester mental Hea… HM Prison and Probation Servi… 2/2
2019-0495 Trevor Oakley 26 Nov 2019 Hampshire HM Prison and Probation Servi… 1/1
2019-0398 Shaun Dewey 19 Nov 2019 Avon HM Prison and Probation Servi… 1/1
2019-0362 David Kirsch 30 Oct 2019 Worcestershire HMP Long Lartin 1/1
2019-0355 Imran Mahmood 4 Sep 2019 Staffordshire South HM Prison and Probation Servi… 1/1
2019-0491 Justin Gallagher 16 Aug 2019 East Sussex Department of Health and Soci… MOJ +1 3/3
2019-0486 Martin Haines 16 Aug 2019 East Sussex Department of Health and Soci… HM Prisons and Probation Serv… +1 3/3
2019-0255 William Vickers 26 Jul 2019 Milton Keynes HMP Woodhill South Central Ambulance Servi… 2/2
2019-0209 Marcus McGuire 23 Jun 2019 Birmingham and Solihull HMP Birmingham, MOJ, G45 2/1
2019-0175 John Wright 21 Mar 2019 Oxfordshire Healthcare Care UK HM Prison and Probation Servi… 2/2
2019-0050 Matthew Hamilton 14 Feb 2019 County Durham and Darlington HMP Durham 1/1