HC Deb 24 February 1989 vol 147 cc830-5W
Mr. Sheerman

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all deaths during 1987 and 1988 of persons detained in prison department establishments, stating in each case the age and sex of the inmate, the cause of death, the inquest verdict, whether the inmate was sentenced or on remand, the establishment where the inmate was detained, and whether the death occurred there or in an outside hospital.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The information, together with the dates of the deaths, is as follows (all deaths took place at the establishment where the inmate was detained unless otherwise stated):

  1. 1. 1 January 1987; male, 40; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Pentonville.
  2. 2. 6 January 1987; male, 33; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Brixton.
  3. 3. 8 January 1987; male, 20; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Canterbury.
  4. 4. 13 January 1987; male, 26; hanging; misadventure; sentenced; HMP Swansea.
  5. 5. 26 January 1987; male, 33; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Hull.
  6. 6. 27 January 1987; female, 47; heart failure; natural causes, aggravated by lack of care; remand; HMP Holloway (died in outside hospital).
  7. 7. 28 January 1987; male, 55; cardiac arrest; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Lincoln (died in outside hospital).
  8. 8. 30 January 1987; male, 34; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Manchester.
  9. 9. 1 February 1987; male, 35; cut artery; suicide; sentenced; HMP Grendon.
  10. 10. 6 February 1987; male, 50; coronary thrombosis; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Acklington.
  11. 11. 13 February 1987; male, 54; throat cancer; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Canterbury (died in outside hospital.
  12. 12. 18 February 1987; male, 57; stomach cancer; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Lewes (died in outside hospital).
  13. 13. 21 February 1987; male, 58; lung cancer; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Ashwell (died in outside hospital).
  14. 14. 25 February 1987; male, 39; heart attack; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Wormwood Scrubs.
  15. 15. 26 February 1987; male, 37; heart disease; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Lewes.
  16. 16. 28 February 1987; male, 38; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Coldingley.
  17. 17. 7 March 1987; male, 20; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Ashford.
  18. 18. 22 March 1987; male, 24; hanging; suicide, aggravated by lack of care; Immigration Act detainee; HMP Pentonville.
  19. 19. 24 March 1987; male, 49; cardiac arrest; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Stafford.
  20. 20.31 March 1987; male, 29; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Wormwood Scrubs.
  21. 21. 1 April 1987; male, 40; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Manchester.
  22. 22. 5 April 1987; male, 20; hanging; suicide; sentenced; HMYCC Stoke Heath.
  23. 23. 10 April 1987; male, 21; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Leeds.
  24. 24. 21 April 1987; male, 30; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Canterbury.
  25. 25. 23 April 1987; male, 32; hanging; misadventure; sentenced; HMP Wakefield.
  26. 26. 24 April 1987; male, 24; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Wormwood Scrubs.
  27. 27. 25 April 1987; male, 28; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Durham.
  28. 28. 28 April 1987; male, 30; diabetic coma; misadventure; remand; HMP Dorchester.
  29. 29. 3 May 1987; male, 21; hanging; misadventure; remand; HMP Brixton.
  30. 30. 9 May 1987; male, 56; brain haemorrhage; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Ranby (died in outside hospital).
  31. 31. 15 May 1987; male, 33; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Brixton.
  32. 32. 18 May 1987; male, 28; inflammation of lung tissue; natural causes, aggravated by lack of care; remand; 832 HMP Wormwood Scrubs (died in outside hospital).
  33. 33. 25 May 1987; male, 68; heart attack; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Thorp Arch.
  34. 34. 29 May 1987; male, 36; heart disease; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Birmingham.
  35. 35. 2 June 1987; male, 53; hanging; suicide; sentenced; HMP Kingston.
  36. 36. 7 June 1987; male, 29; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Winchester.
  37. 37. 19 June 1987; male, 65, heart attack; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Lancaster.
  38. 38. 25 June 1987; male, 39; coronary thrombosis; natural causes; remand; HMP Brixton.
  39. 39. 29 June 1987; male, 24; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Durham.
  40. 40. 7 July 1987; male, 39; heart attack; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Liverpool (died in outside hospital).
  41. 41. 8 July 1987; male, 24; dehydration; lack of care; sentenced; HMP Birmingham.
  42. 42. 10 July 1987; male, 34; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Leeds.
  43. 43. 14 July 1987; male, 17; hanging; suicide; sentenced; HMYCC Rochester.
  44. 44. 23 July 1987; female, 28; hanging; suicide; remand; HMRC Risley.
  45. 45. 27 July 1987; male, 46; kidney failure; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Reading (died in outside hospital).
  46. 46. 29 July 1987; male, 36; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Durham.
  47. 47. 1 August 1987; male, 39; hanging; suicide; sentenced; HMP Long Lartin.
  48. 48. 1 August 1987; Female, 46; brain tumour; natural causes; remand; HMP Holloway (died in outside hospital).
  49. 49. 19 August 1987; male, 25; pneumonia; natural causes, aggravated by lack of care; remand; HMP Brixton.
  50. 50. 19 August 1987; male, 18; bronchial asthma; natural causes; sentenced; HMYCC Onley (died in outside hospital).
  51. 51. 21 August 1987; male, 28; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Lincoln.
  52. 52. 23 August 1987; male, 18; hanging; suicide; remand; HM RC Risley.
  53. 53. 27 August 1987; male, 25; hanging; suicide; remand; HMRC Risley.
  54. 54. 28 August 1987; male, 19; hanging; suicide; sentenced; HMYCC Stoke Heath.
  55. 55. 31 August 1987; male, 40; coronary thrombosis; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Northeye (died in outside hospital).
  56. 56. 5 September 1987; male, 22; cardiac arrest; natural causes; fine defaulter; HMP Hull (died in outside hospital).
  57. 57. 7 September 1987; male, 42; hanging; suicide; sentenced; HMP Wandsworth.
  58. 58. 10 September 1987; male, 19; brain haemorrhage; natural causes; remand; HMRC Brockhill (died in outside hospital).
  59. 59. 13 September 1987; male, 22; heart disease; natural causes; remand; HMP Pentonville (died in outside hospital).
  60. 60. 14 September 1987; male, 32; hanging; suicide; sentenced; HMP Manchester (died in outside hospital).
  61. 61. 16 September 1987; male, 37; hanging; suicide; sentenced; HMP Wandsworth.
  62. 62. 25 September 1987; male, 28; hanging; suicide, while balance of mind disturbed; sentenced; HMP Cardiff.
  63. 63. 28 September 1987; male, 21; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Lincoln.
  64. 64. 3 October 1987; male, 43; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Norwich.
  65. 65. 8 October 1987; male, 39; hanging; suicide; sentenced; HMP Exeter.
  66. 66. 21 October 1987; male, 43; cancer; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Grendon.
  67. 67. 21 October 1987; male, 27; hanging; suicide; sentenced; HMP Wandsworth.
  68. 68. 23 October 1987; male, 29; brain tumour; natural causes; remand; HMP Leeds.
  69. 69. 24 October 1987; male, 26; hanging, suicide; remand; 833 HMP Canterbury.
  70. 70. 24 October 1987; male, 49; heart attack; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Wakefield.
  71. 71. 1 November 1987; male, 39; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Birmingham.
  72. 72. 4 November 1987; male, 32; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Brixton.
  73. 73. 5 November 1987; male, 59; heart attack; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Sudbury (died in outside hospital).
  74. 74. 30 November 1987; male, 36; heart attack; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Kirkham (died in outside hospital).
  75. 75. 1 December 1987; male, 67; coronary atheroma; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Wandsworth (died in outside hospital).
  76. 76. 5 December 1987; male, 51; coronary atheroma; natural causes; remand; HMP Brixton (died in outside hospital).
  77. 77. 13 December 1987; male, 36; hanging; open; sentenced; HMP Maidstone.
  78. 78. 19 December 1987; male, 20; hanging; suicide; sentenced; HMP Camp Hill.
  79. 79. 21 December 1987; male, 28; hanging; suicide; sentenced; HMP Wakefield.
  80. 80. 30 December 1987; male, 50; heart failure; natural causes; remand; HMP Leicester.
  81. 81. 13 January 1988; male, 39; heart attack; natural causes; sentenced; HMP The Verne (died in outside hospital).
  82. 82. 28 January 1988; male, 23; heart attack; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Haverigg.
  83. 83. 3 February 1988; male, 34; stroke; natural causes; remand; HMP Wormwood Scrubs.
  84. 84. 5 February 1988; male, 32; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Brixton.
  85. 85. 8 February 1988; male, 29; cut throat; suicide; sentenced; HMP Acklington.
  86. 86. 9 February 1988; male, 56; asphyxia; natural causes; remand; HMP Lincoln (died in outside hospital).
  87. 87. 2 March 1988; male, 66; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Pentonville.
  88. 88. 5 March 1988; male, 34; sub-arachnoid haemorrhage; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Leeds (died in outside hospital).
  89. 89. 8 March 1988; male, 27; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Preston.
  90. 90. 12 March 1988; male, 45; hanging; suicide; sentenced; HMP Coldingley.
  91. 91. 15 March 1988; male, 50; pneumonia; natural causes aggravated by lack of care; sentenced; HMP Wandsworth (died in outside hospital).
  92. 92. 21 March 1988; male, 65; myocardial fibrosis; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Wakefield.
  93. 93. 24 March 1988; male, 18; hanging; open; remand; HMYCC Rochester.
  94. 94. 24 March 1988; male, 46; heart attack; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Gloucester.
  95. 95. 4 April 1988; male, 21; dothiepan poisoning; misadventure; sentenced; HMP Acklington.
  96. 96. 8 April 1988; male, 48; heart failure; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Lincoln (died in outside hospital).
  97. 97. 14 April 1988; male, 58; cardiac arrest; natural causes; remand; HMP Swansea.
  98. 98. 15 April 1988; male, 22; hanging; suicide; remand; HMRC Risley.
  99. 99. 15 April 1988; male, 23; hanging; suicide; sentenced; HMP Lincoln.
  100. 100. 29 April 1988; male, 49; pneumonia; natural causes; remand; HMRC Risley (died in outside hospital).
  101. 101. 1 May 1988; male, 39; hanging; suicide; sentenced; HMP Wandsworth.
  102. 102. 4 May 1988; male, 51; cardiac arrest; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Liverpool (died in outside hospital).
  103. 103. 11 May 1988; male, 20; hanging; suicide; remand; HMRC Risley.
  104. 104. 17 May 1988; male, 56; heart attack; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Wormwood Scrubs (died in outside hospital).
  105. 105. 19 May 1988; male, 43; hanging; suicide; sentenced; HMP Wakefield.
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  106. 106. 20 May 1988; male, 62; heart attack; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Canterbury (died in outside hospital).
  107. 107. 21 May 1988; male, 48; hanging; suicide; sentenced; HMP Littlehey.
  108. 108. 28 May 1988; male, 17; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Leeds.
  109. 109. 29 May 1988; male, 49; pneumonia; natural causes; remand; HMRC Risley (died in outside hospital).
  110. 110. 4 June 1988; male, 38; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Bedford.
  111. 111. 11 June 1988; male, 47; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Swansea.
  112. 112. 13 June 1988; male, 27; hanging; open; remand; HMP Manchester.
  113. 113. 13 June 1988; male, 23; hanging; suicide; remand; HMRC Risley.
  114. 114. 14 June 1988; male, 32; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Durham.
  115. 115. 16 June 1988; male, 82; cancer of oesophagus; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Parkhurst.
  116. 116. 16 June 1988; male, 69; heart attack; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Littlehey.
  117. 117. 20 June 1988; male, 32; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Wormwood Scrubs.
  118. 118. 20 June 1988; male, 49; asthma; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Manchester.
  119. 119. 21 June 1988; male, 51; epileptic fit; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Birmingham.
  120. 120. 29–30 June 1988; male, 18; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Leeds.
  121. 121. 11 July 1988; male, 67; circulation disorder; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Blundeston (died in outside hospital).
  122. 122. 24 July 1988; male, 39; coronary thrombosis; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Aldington.
  123. 123. 25 July 1988; male, 22; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Wormwood Scrubs.
  124. 124. 27 July 1988; male, 26; hanging; misadventure; sentenced; HMP Wakefield.
  125. 125. 28 July 1988; male, 44; heart attack; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Wandsworth.
  126. 126. 4 August 1988; male, 53; heart disease; inquest to be held; sentenced; HMP Sudbury.
  127. 127. 21 August 1988; male, 51; hanging; suicide; sentenced; HMP Lindholme.
  128. 128. 23 August 1988; male, 61; chest infection; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Liverpool (died in outside hospital).
  129. 129. 27 August 1988; male, 29; heart failure; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Stafford (died in outside hospital).
  130. 130. 27-28 August 1988; male, 48; epileptic fit; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Stafford.
  131. 131. 4 September 1988; male, 36; hanging; inquest to be held; sentenced; HMP Birmingham.
  132. 132. 10 September 1988; male, 43; pneumonia; natural causes; remand; HMP Bedford (died in outside hospital).
  133. 133. 10 September 1988; male, 52; heart attack; natural causes; remand; HMP Brixton (died in outside hospital).
  134. 134. 15 September 1988; male, 32; heart attack; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Pentonville.
  135. 135. 22 September 1988; male, 24; hanging; open; sentenced; HMP Stafford.
  136. 136. 22 September 1988; male, 20; hanging; open; sentenced; HMP Manchester.
  137. 137. 26 September 1988; male, 57; pulmonary congestion; natural causes; sentenced; HMP Leicester.
  138. 138. 2 October 1988; male, 26; hanging; inquest to be held; remand; HMRC Risley.
  139. 139. 10 October 1988; male, 20; asthma; inquest to be held; sentenced; HMYCC Finnamore Wood.
  140. 140. 16 October 1988; male, 24; hanging; suicide; sentenced; HMP Exeter.
  141. 141. 16 October 1988; male, 33; pneumonia; inquest to be held; sentenced; HMP Nottingham (died in outside hospital).
  142. 142. 19 October 1988; male, 19; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Shrewsbury.
  143. 143. 19 October 1988; male, 19; hanging; suicide; remand; 835 HMP Leeds.
  144. 144. 24 October 1988; male, 50; pneumonia; inquest to be held; remand; HMP Leeds.
  145. 145. 24 October 1988; male, 17; hanging; suicide; sentenced; HMYCC Glen Parva.
  146. 146. 26 October 1988; male, 54; hanging; inquest to be held; remand; HMP Birmingham.
  147. 147. 26 October 1988; male, 39; hanging; suicide; remand; HMP Dorchester.
  148. 148. 7 November 1988; male, 56; heart attack; inquest to be held; sentenced; HMP Spring Hill.
  149. 149. 16 November 1988; male, 28; hanging; misadventure; sentenced; HMP Parkhurst.
  150. 150. 21 November 1988; male, 61; cancer; inquest to be held; sentenced; LIMP Stafford.
  151. 151. 23 November 1988; male, 30; asphyxiation; open; remand; HMP Brixton.
  152. 152. 26 November 1988; male, 23; hanging; inquest to be held; sentenced; HMP Maidstone.
  153. 153. 29 November 1988; male, 63; heart attack; inquest to be held; breach of bail; HMP Chelmsford.
  154. 154. 29 November 1988; male, 19; hanging, suicide; remand; HMP Leeds.
  155. 155. 11 December 1988; male, 35; epileptic fit; inquest to be held; sentenced; HMP Coldingley.
  156. 156. 19 December 1988; male, 53; found in a coma; inquest to be held; remand; HMP Brixton (died in outside hospital).
  157. 157. 21 December 1988; male, 23; pulmonary embolism; inquest to be held; remand; HMP Birmingham (died in outside hospital).
  158. 158. 23 December 1988; male, 66; heart attack; inquest to be held; sentenced; HMP The Verne (died in outside hospital).
  159. 159. 28 December 1988; male, 28; hanging; inquest to be held; sentenced; HMP Kingston.