PRISONERS are dying preventable deaths, particularly as a result of the alarming levels of drug abuse in jails, and some prisons and their health providers struggle to learn from investigations into deaths, according to Acting Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO)… Read More
The past year saw an 11% rise in prison suicides, more deaths from natural causes and eligible complaints up 9%, said Prisons and Probation Ombudsman Nigel Newcomen. Today he published his sixth and final annual report and warned that these… Read More
The past year saw a 34% rise in prison suicides, more deaths from natural causes and the highest number of homicides in prison for many years., said Prisons and Probation Ombudsman Nigel Newcomen. Today he published his fifth annual report… Read More
Earlier today, the Secretary of State for Justice laid the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman’s Annual Report 2014-15 before Parliament, charting PPO’s operational and financial performance for the previous year. In his report, the Ombudsman, Nigel Newcomen CBE, draws attention to… Read More