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
2019-0047 Branko Zdravkovic 13 Feb 2019 Dorset Home Office 1/1
2019-0014 Nicky Reilly 4 Jan 2019 Manchester (North) Greater Manchester Mental Hea… HM Prisons and Probation Serv… 2/2
2018-0318 Nicola Lawrence 23 Oct 2018 West Yorkshire (East) National Offender Management … 1/1
Dean Barrell 11 Oct 2018 East Sussex Prison and Probation Service 1/1
2018-0140 Stephen Tidey 8 May 2018 Surrey Surrey & Borders Partnership … Surrey County Council +1 2/3
2018-0007 John Chapman 11 Jan 2018 Lancashire HMP Wymott 2/1
2018-0012 John O’Meara 10 Jan 2018 London (West) HMP Wormwood Scrubs 1/1
2017-0423 Jason Basalat 27 Nov 2017 Milton Keynes HM Courts and Tribunals Servi… Northamptonshire Police 2/2
2017-0340 Sam Molyneux 13 Sep 2017 Liverpool & Wirral HM Prison & Probation Service 1/1
2017-0316 Sean Plumstead 9 Aug 2017 Hampshire (Central) Carillion HM Prison and Probation Servi… +1 3/3
2017-0258 Edwin O’Donnell 13 Jul 2017 Liverpool & Wirral HM Prison and Probation Servi… 1/1
2016-0377 Richard Walsh 25 Oct 2016 London Inner (South) DAC Beachcroft LLP Department of Health and Soci… +4 4/6
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
2016-0245 Michael Williams 11 Jul 2016 Leicester City and Leicestershire South HMP Leicester 1/1
2016-0225 Anthony Fraser 8 Jun 2016 South Yorkshire (East) HMP Lindholme 1/1
2016-0224 Ronnie Olliffe 15 May 2016 Mid Kent and Medway HMP Rochester 1/1
2016-0148 Luke Ayres 15 Apr 2016 Birmingham and Solihull Birmingham and Solihull Menta… 1/1
2015-0453 Kevin Forster 28 Oct 2015 County Durham and Darlington G4S National Offender Management … 2/2
2015-0454 Samuel Gale 23 Oct 2015 South Yorkshire (East) HMP and YOI Doncaster 2/1
2015-0292 Luke Myers 20 Jul 2015 Liverpool National Offenders Management… 1/1
2015-0274 Douglas Birch 13 Jul 2015 Mid Kent and Medway HMP Swaleside 1/1
2015-0245 Davin Short 29 Jun 2015 Norfolk HMP Wayland 2/1
2015-0165 Greg Revell 28 Apr 2015 Leicester (City & South) HM YOI Glen Parva Leicestershire Partnership Tr… 2/2
2015-0472 Kingsley Burrell 20 Mar 2015 Birmingham and Solihull National mental health workin… Association of Ambulance Chie… +2 3/4