HC Deb 02 November 1992 vol 213 cc2-5W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all deaths that have occurred in 1991 of persons detained in prison department establishments, stating, in each case, the age and sex of the inmates and cause of death, the inquest verdict, whether the inmate was sentenced or on remand, the establishment where the inmate was detained, whether the death occurred there or in an outside hospital and, for where the death occurred within the prison, whether the inmate was segregated either in the hospital wing or in the punishment block.

Death of prisoners in Her Majesty's Prison Service custody in 1991
Date Establishment Age Sex Status1 Cause of Death Inquest Verdict Location at lime of death2
6 January Gloucester 42 M S Hanging Suicide OL
7 January The Mount 19 M S Hanging Uraemia Suicide GOAD
14 January Lincoln 62 M S necrosis Natural OH
16 January Norwich 36 M S Hanging Myocardial Suicide OL
18 January Blundeston 34 M S dysplasia Natural OL
19 January Wandsworth 29 M S Cut throat Suicide while the balance of his mind was disturbed and aggravated by lack of care OH3
25 January Full Sutton 35 M S Hanging Suicide PH
4 February Maidstone 64 M S Heart failure Natural OH
11 February Manchester 22 M R Hanging Suicide OL
19 February Stafford 40 M S — Unlawfully killed OH4
22 February Cardiff 23 M R Hanging Suicide VPU
2 March Brixton 37 M R Heart failure Accidental Suicide in circumstances brought about by OH
6 March Liverpool 22 M R Hanging lack of care OL
10 March Bristol 32 M S Hanging Suicide aggravated by lack of care PH
21 March Wakefield 59 M S Cardiac arrest Natural OL
23 March Wormwood Scrubs 56 M S Haemoperi-cardium Natural PRES Hostel
7 April Oxford 29 M R Hanging Accidental OL
8 April Manchester 31 M R Overdose Not yet held PH
9 April Wandsworth 25 M S Cerebral infarction Natural OH
17 April Garth 38 M S Cut wrists Suicide OL
19 April Leeds 31 M R Hanging Open OL
10 May Camp Hill 51 M S Heart attack Natural OH
13 May Liverpool 30 M S Heart/lung failure Suicide OH5
13 May Durham 33 M CU Possible dystonic reaction to haloperidol Open PH6
21 May Wakefield 49 M S Myocardial infarction Natural OL
22 May Littlehey 46 M S Cardiac arrest Natural PH
27 May Brixton 24 M CU Hanging Suicide in circumstances aggravated by lack of care PH
27 May Featherstone 34 M S Hanging Myocardial Suicide in circumstances aggravated by lack of care Seg(GOAD)
1 June Wandsworth 64 M S infarction Natural OH
8 June Wormwood Scrubs 21 M S Hanging Open OH
13 June Haverigg 31 M S Sclerosis of liver Natural OH
2 July Blantyre House 27 M S Overdose Accidental OL
8 July Durham 27 M S Hanging Suicide OL
18 July Pentonville 54 M S Hanging Suicide while the balance of his mind was disturbed PH
18 July Wakefield 37 M S Stabbed Not held OL
21 July Parkhurst 29 M S Hanging Suicide brought about by lack of care OL
26 July Full Sutton 34 M S Hanging Misadventure OH7
30 July Liverpool 34 M S Hanging Suicide PH
31 July Grendon 30 M S Hanging Suicide OH8
31 July Durham 63 M S Acute myocardial infarction Natural OH
31 July Manchester 21 M S Hanging Suicide OL
2 August Birmingham 25 M S Hanging Suicide PH
11 August Preston 45 M S Hanging Suicide PH
16 August Dorcester 45 M R Hanging Open OL
18 August Wakefield 31 M S Hanging Suicide OL
26 August Birmingham 23 M S Hanging Suicide OL
31 August Feltham 18 M S Hanging Suicide OL
11 September Wakefield 65 M S Myocardial infarction Natural PH

Mr. Peter Lloyd

[holding answer 30 October 1992]: The information is given in the table. Only one prisoner who died in the prison health care centre was segregated for reasons of good order and discipline—see footnote 6.

Date Establishment Age Sex Status1 Cause of Death Inquest Verdict Location at time of death2
16 September Nottingham 45 M S Hanging Drug Not yet held OL
21 September Winchester 45 M R poisoning Misadventure OL
21 September Glen Parva 20 M R Hanging Suicide OL
22 September Feltham 15 M S Hanging Accidental OL
1 October Norwich 30 M S Asthma attack Open OL
5 October Kirkham 54 M S Heart attack Not held OH
7 October Grendon 37 M S Hanging Suicide APU
8 October Pentonville 32 M IA Acute cardiac9failure Not yet held Seg(GOAD)
16 October Cardiff 33 M R Overdose Suicide while balance of mind was disturbed PH
18 October Winchester 40 M R Hanging Suicide PH
25 October Haverigg 25 M S Hanging Open OL
25 October Leicester 65 M S Lung cancer Natural OH
28 October Stafford 29 M S Hanging Open OL
9 November Usk 52 M S Heart attack Natural OL
10 November Maidstone 64 M S haemorrhage Natural OH
12 November Birmingham 44 M R Overdose Suicide OL
13 November Norwich 49 M R Overdose Misadventure OL
31 November Swaleside 41 M S Pulminary aneurysm Natural OL
12 December Garth 49 M S Heart attack Natural OL
14 December Stoke Heath 19 M CU Hanging Suicide OL
17 December Long Lartin 52 M S Overdose Suicide OL
28 December Leeds 30 M R Hanging Suicide OL(OP)
1 Status:-R—Remand.
CU—Convicted unsentenced.
S—Sentenced.
IA—Detained under the Immigration Act..
2 Location:- OL—Ordinary location within prison.
GOAD—Good order and discipline wing.
PH—Prison health care centre.
VPU—Vulnerable prisoner unit.
PRES—Pre-release hostel.
APU—Acute psychiatric unit within prison.
Seg(GOAD)—Located in the Segregation Unit for reasons of good order and discipline (Rule 430).
OL(OP)—Located on ordinary location, but segregated for prisoner's own protection.
3 Prisoner cut throat on ordinary location: death occurred in an outside hospital.
4 Prisoner was assaulted on ordinary location: death occurred in an outside hospital.
5 Prisoner set fire to himself in prison health care centre: death occurred in an outside hospital.
6 Prisoner was located in a special cell in the health care centre following a series of violent oubursts. No anatomical cause of death was found, but it was thought to have resulted from a dystonic reaction to haloperidol.
7 Prisoner was found hanging in Segregation Unit, where he was located for reasons of good order and discipline: death occurred in an outside hospital.
8 Prisoner was found hanging in the Acute Psychiatric Unit: death occurred in an an outside hospital.
9 The post mortem failed to reveal the exact cause of death, but concluded there was a 'strong possibility of acute cardiac failure' and a more remote possibility of asphyxia.