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Learning Lessons Bulletin

Prisons and Probation Ombudsman publishes first analysis of COVID-19 death investigations

February 23, 2021

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

Prisons and Probation Ombudsman deaths in custody Learning Lessons Bulletin

Prison staff missing vital clues about prisoner suicide risk, says Ombudsman

February 16, 2016

Staff in prisons need to get better at spotting and using essential information about the risk of suicide among prisoners, said Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) Nigel Newcomen. Today, he published a bulletin on the lessons that can be learned… Read More

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