FOI Request 231, dated 07/01/19:In your 17-18 Annual Report, you state that there were seven complaints made to you about food which were upheld. Could you please provide me with a copy of the full complaint and your full response… 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 Akile Clinton (Acting Assistant Ombudsman, Serious Complaints Team) In the year to date (2018/19), the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has completed thirty-six investigations into the use of force on prisoners by prison staff, compared to twenty-eight in the whole… Read More
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 Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, who investigates deaths and complaints in prisons, echoed the findings of the Chief Inspector of Prisons’ report of an inspection at HMP Nottingham. The Acting PPO, Elizabeth Moody, said: “It is highly troubling that HMP… Read More
A distressed 18-year-old Lithuanian man who had been arrested for stealing sweets killed himself in the segregation unit of HMP Wandsworth in an “appalling” case, according to an investigation by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO). Osvaldas Pagirys, who struggled… Read More
Inadequate investigations of alleged discrimination in jails risk undermining prisoners’ confidence in the complaints process, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) has warned. Download the PPO’s latest learning lessons bulletin: complaints about discrimination. Download the news release. Elizabeth Moody, the… Read More