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Resources for families

This section of our website is for families and friends bereaved or affected by a state related detention or death.

Voluntary organisations

Action for Prisoners’ Families (APF)

Can Mezzanine,
49-51 East Road,
London
N1 6AH
Helpline: 0808 808 2003
Email: info@offendersfamilieshelpline.org
Web: www.prisonersfamilies.org.uk

CRUSE Bereavement Care

PO Box 800,
Richmond,
Surrey
TW9 1RG
Helpline: 0844 477 9400
Email: helpline@cruse.org.uk
Web: www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk

INQUEST

3rd Floor
89-93 Fonthill Road
London
N4 3JH
Phone: 020 7263 1111
Email: inquest@inquest.org.uk
Web: www.inquest.org.uk

The INQUEST Handbook is a resource for families and friends dealing with the aftermath of a sudden bereavement.

Pact

29 Peckham Road,
London
SE5 8UA
Helpline: 0808 808 2003
Phone: 020 7735 9535
Email: info@prisonadvice.org.uk
Web: www.prisonadvice.org.uk

Prison Reform Trust

15 Northburgh Street,
London
EC1V OJR
Phone: 020 7251 5070
Email: prt@prisonreformtrust.org.uk
Web: www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk

The Samaritans

PO Box 9090,
Stirling
FK8 2SA
Helpline: 116 123
Email: jo@samaritans.org
Web: www.samaritans.org

The Coroners’ Courts Support Service (CCSS)

The Coroners’ Courts Support Service (CCSS) is an independent voluntary organisation whose trained volunteers offer emotional support and practical help to bereaved families, witnesses and others attending an inquest at a coroner’s court.

Government organisations & support

Care Quality Commission (CQC)

Finsbury Tower,
103-105 Bunhill Row,
London
EC1Y 8TG
Helpline: 03000 616 161
Email: enquiries@cqc.org.uk
Web: www.cqc.org.uk

HM Inspectorate of Prisons

First Floor,
Ashley House,
2 Monck Street,
London
SW1P 2BQ
Phone: 020 7035 2136
Email: hmiprisons.enquiries@hmiprisons.gsi.gov.uk
Web: https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/

Independent office for police conduct (IoPC)

90 High Holborn,
London
WC1V 6BH
Phone: 0300 020 0096
Email: enquiries@policeconduct.gov.uk
Web: www.policeconduct.gov.uk

Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) guide to investigations

Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO)

Ashley House,
2 Monck Street,
London
W1P 2BQ
Phone: 020 7633 4100 / 0845 010 7938
Email: mail@ppo.gsi.gov.uk
Web: www.ppo.gov.uk

What to do when a family member has died in, or following, police custody – GOV.UK

Deaths in police custody: leaflet for families

This leaflet is for the family of someone who has died in, or following, police custody and covers their rights and what happens next.

Guide to coroner services – GOV.UK

A guide to coroner services for bereaved people