Prison officers at Durham Prison used 'unjustified' restraints on a robber as he pleaded for help less than 24 hours before he was found hanging in his cell.
Michael Smith died in hospital from a hypoxic brain injury. The 32-year-old prisoner was found unresponsive in his cell on the segregation unit, the day after he arrived at the prison.
Teesside Live reports how an investigation has unearthed "significant and unacceptable failings" as well as "unnecessary and unjustified" use of force to restrain Smith after he was recalled to prison.
