The PPO have been contacted by the Infected Blood Inquiry. The Infected Blood Inquiry is examining the circumstances in which people treated by the NHS were given infected blood and infected blood products. The Inquiry are looking to hear from… Read More
Following the latest Government advice about the national response to COVID-19, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has made the very difficult, but unavoidable, decision to reduce our service to the people who can complain to us. We have kept our… Read More
The PPO is continuing to investigate complaints from prisoners and deaths in custody during the COVID-19 situation. We are taking into account the Government advice on social distancing and have suspended our visits to prisons.
The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) has today published a report on the self-inflicted death in HMP Lewes of a 19-year man who had been assessed as a high suicide risk and whose transfer to a psychiatric hospital was mismanaged… Read More
The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) has recommended the Home Office to refer three doctors to the General Medical Council for their alleged failures relating to the death of a man in “inhumane and degrading” conditions in an immigration removal… Read More
The Home Secretary, Rt Hon Priti Patel MP, has issued the following Written Ministerial Statement concerning the PPO’s investigation into Brook House immigration removal centre: “I am announcing today the conversion of the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) investigation of… Read More
Welcome to the latest issue of The Investigator. I took up the post of Prisons and Probation Ombudsman in October 2018, so my first anniversary in the role coincided with the publication of the PPO’s Annual Report for 2018/19 earlier… Read More
The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) stepped up work in 2018-19 to ensure its repeated recommendations for improvements following deaths in custody and investigations of complaints have a stronger impact in practice. Sue McAllister published her report for the year,… Read More
The Investigator, Summer 2019, Issue 3 Welcome to your latest edition of the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman’s quarterly newsletter, “The Investigator”. We include in this edition: a preview of what will be included in our Annual Report, due… Read More
On Monday 3 June, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will be replacing our live phone line with a monitored answering service. What are we trying to achieve? PPO assessors and investigators will serve our end users more efficiently… Read More