A teenage inmate has died at a young offenders' institution in London.
The boy, 16, was found unresponsive in his cell at Feltham Young Offenders' Institute on Monday.
Although prison staff called an ambulance and he was taken to hospital, the boy was pronounced dead two hours later.
A spokesman from Scotland Yard said that the boy's death was being treated as “unexpected”.
They said: “On Tuesday, 21 April at 00.05hrs, police were notified by staff at Feltham Prison and Young Offender Institute about the death of a boy who had been found unresponsive and later died in hospital.
“The London Ambulance Service were called at around 21.30hrs on Monday, 20 April and treated the boy, aged 16, before taking him to hospital. He sadly died at 23.43hrs.
“At this stage, the death is being treated as unexpected and enquiries remain ongoing. A post-mortem examination will take place in due course.”
In 2024, watchdogs concluded that Feltham was the most violent young offenders institution in the country.
Although it was subject to an urgent notification from the Prisons Inspectorate in 2019, a follow-up inspection in August found that levels of violence were still as high as anywhere in the UK.
A Youth Custody Service spokesman said: “We were saddened to hear of the death of a child from YOI Feltham, who died in hospital on Monday 20 April, and our thoughts are with their friends and family.
“As with all deaths in custody, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will investigate. It would be inappropriate to comment further at this time.”
