18-year-old who killed herself in prison should not have been there, say campaigners

Annelise Sanderson’s mother said her daughter ‘didn’t know who she was, where she was or what she was doing there. She was scared.’ Photograph: PA

An 18-year-old with mental health issues who took her own life in prison should never have been sent there in the first place, campaigners have said.

The mother of Annelise Sanderson said she believed her death could have been prevented and her daughter had been “just another number” to authorities.