Document Type: External research and analysis

Review of the forum for preventing deaths in custody - report of the independent reviewer

The scale of drug and alcohol misuse in the criminal justice system is significant and both directly and indirectly leads to deaths in custody.

This briefing paper presents the conclusions of an initiative by the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody (IAP) and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) to identify how natural deaths in prison might be prevented, where possible, and end of life care managed with dignity and compassion.

Mental disorders and deaths in custody: Making the case for mental health literacy -University of Greenwich & The Runnymede Trust

Examining a sample of 18 redacted Serious Untoward Incident reports following deaths of patients detained under the Mental Health Act.

Mendas Review: The impact of Coroners’ Rule 43 Reports on Organisational Learning

A review of the medical theories and research relating to restraint related deaths, commissioned by the Independent Advisory Panel (IAP) which forms the second tier of the Ministerial Council on Deaths in Custody.

The IAP commissioned INQUEST, to deliver a second family listening event so that we could hear from families who had experience of the investigation and inquest process after their family member died whilst detained under the Mental Health Act (MHA).

On Thursday 22nd September 2011, 11 families (comprising 19 family members and friends), who have direct experience of the investigation and inquest system following the death of a relative whilst in mental health detention, met members of the Independent Advisory Panel (IAP) on Deaths in Custody (and representatives of its secretariat).

Psychosocial influences on prisoner suicide: A case-control study of near-lethal self-harm in women prisoners – Lisa Marzano, Keith Hawton, Adrienne Rivlin, Seena Fazel – 4 February 2011 (link opens as PDF in a new window)