Sue McAllister, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO), has published a ‘Learning Lessons Bulletin’ analysing investigations into 26 deaths related to COVID-19 in the early months of the pandemic. The PPO fatal incident investigations showed the care and compassion prisoners… Read More
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
Reviewing the PPO/HMPPS Impact Symposium 2019. Since April 2012, we have made over 10,000 recommendations (including those repeated) in the course of 1,996 investigations into deaths in custody. Virtually all of those are accepted by the prison at the time… Read More
Today, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman’s office published its Strategic Plan for 2019-21. The Ombudsman, Sue McAllister CB, said: “We work in a complex and politically sensitive environment. Our Terms of Reference are very clear and we are proud of… Read More
Welcome to the first issue of The Investigator. In the past seven years, our Learning Lessons team has published more than thirty bulletins and thematic reviews which look at… Read More
Drug-related deaths We see too many deaths where illicit drug use had played a role, either directly in the case of accidental or deliberate overdoses, or indirectly in the case of suicides precipitated by drug-related mood changes or in response… Read More
Each issue, we will provide you with the headline statistics from PPO’s work in the previous complete quarter. These headlines will cover the Ombudsman’s independent investigations of both complaints and fatal incidents. If you would like to know more, or… Read More
By Elizabeth Moody, Deputy Ombudsman (PPO’s Head of Fatal Incidents Investigations) The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has become increasingly concerned by the number of deaths we are investigating in prisons, probation approved premises and immigration removal centres in which drugs… 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