Prisons: Death
(asked on 11th November 2016) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which prisons deaths in custody occurred in the last 12 months; and which such deaths were (a) the result of natural causes, (b) self-inflicted, (c) caused by others and (d) the result of causes as yet unidentified.
The Safety in Custody statistics are published quarterly, and establishment level data on natural causes and self-inflicted deaths are included and updated annually. The latest bulletin was published on 27 October 2016 and can be found on gov.uk.
Lists of the prisons in which apparent homicides and deaths awaiting further information prior to classification took place in 2015 are provided below.
Apparent homicides by prison, 2015, England and Wales | ||
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Dartmoor | 1 |
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Doncaster | 1 |
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Long Lartin | 1 |
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Nottingham | 1 |
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Peterborough | 1 |
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Ranby | 1 |
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Sheppey: Swaleside | 1 |
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Wandsworth | 1 |
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Deaths awaiting further information by prison, 2015, England and Wales | ||||
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Prison | Number of deaths |
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Altcourse | 1 |
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Brixton | 1 |
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Dartmoor | 1 |
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High Down | 1 |
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Liverpool | 1 |
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Lowdham Grange | 1 |
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Winchester | 1 |
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Data Sources and Quality |
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