The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman today published a signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Police Chiefs’ Council. The MoU sets out principles of cooperation between PPO and the police (whether investigating a death, acting as the coroner’s officer or providing intelligence about the deceased or the local area) and the PPO in the investigation of deaths of:
- prisoners (including people held in young offender institutions);
- young people held in youth detention accommodation;
- residents of approved premises;
- residents of immigration detention;
- people under immigration managed escort;
- any other deaths that the PPO has discretion to investigate.