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).
AI Classification
Action Taken
59%
Action Planned
27%
Noted
13%
Disputed
1%
PFD Reports
| 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 |