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Lessons must be learned from self-harm related prison deaths, ministers warned

Inquests into self-inflicted deaths in prison have been delayed, meaning important lessons have not been learned, Labour MP Andy Slaughter said.

The Independent UK

Staff shortages an issue amid ‘deeply worrying’ prison deaths in England

Inquests flag up gaps in the care of prisoners in relation to at least nine deaths in custody since 2021

The Guardian - UK

Family of man shot by police last year face ‘agonising’ wait for charge decision

Chris Kaba, 24, was fatally shot by a Met Police marksman in south London on September 5, 2022.

The Independent UK

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Covid and Grenfell families call for oversight of inquiry outcomes

Campaigners say mechanism is needed to ensure public inquiry recommendations are not ignored

The Guardian - UK

Suicidal patient died after being mistakenly let out of short-staffed NHS hospital

An activist took their own life after being wrongly allowed to leave a dangerously short-staffed NHS hospital while on suicide watch, an inquest has found.

Evening Standard

This new malware is proving quite popular... and dangerous

A sophisticated stealer has been being tracked since April and cybersecurity analysts are concerned about its scope.

TechRadar

Family of grandad who died in hospital say they are 'disgusted' with his care

An inquest heard there was a 'missed opportunity' to give him best chance of survival in hospital

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Too few people in power really care about those with disabilities

Letter: Academics and an expert adviser point to the case of Sally Lewis, whose death in a care home in 2017 prompted a depressingly familiar ‘scandal-review-inquest-lessons learned’ response

The Guardian - UK

Gaia Pope’s family angry at lack of police and health reforms a year after inquest

Relatives of Dorset teenager say some organisations have only made minor tweaks after coroner’s findings

The Guardian - UK

17 lives lost: London exhibition turns lens on state-related deaths

Images featured taken under direction of relatives of people who died after contact with state apparatus

The Guardian - UK

HMP Bronzefield and the ethics of pregnant women in prison

An inquiry into the death of baby Aisha Cleary in her mother’s jail cell has intensified the debate over whether prisons are safe for pregnant women.

The Week

Christchurch shooting inquest delayed after bereaved families raise concerns evidence could be missed

Lawyers for survivors and families of victims had urged postponement due to sheer volume of disclosure and delays in receiving, accessing and reviewing it

The Guardian - AU

Families of black men who died after being restrained by police demand answers from Rishi Sunak

In a report called I Can’t Breathe: Race, Death and British Policing, campaign group Inquest revealed that black people were seven times more likely to die following police restraint

Daily Mirror

Black people seven times more likely to die after police restraint, report shows

This disproves a previous Home Office claim that Black men are not more likely to die in custody cases where use of force or restraint is present.

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Daily Mirror

Black people seven times more likely to die being restrained by police in UK

The charity Inquest, which helps families who have lost a loved one after contact with police, published the shocking figure after new analysis of official data

The Guardian - UK

Black people seven times more likely to die after police restraint in Britain, figures show

Racial disparity compared with white people unearthed by Inquest is bigger than previously made public

The Independent UK

‘UK is institutionally racist’, United Nations warns as ministers urged to act

Austerity measures have exacerbated racism and discrimination against people of African descent, experts said

The Independent UK

Family of Sean Fitzgerald call for answers over probe into fatal police shooting

The 31-year-old died from a single gunshot wound to the chest after leaving a property in Coventry in 2019.

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The Independent UK

Black prison staff face overt racism and slurs at work, probe finds

‘We live in a racist world, I believe, and prison reflects the outside world,’ one Black staff member said

The Guardian - UK

Parents of man left to die in prison say care failures will haunt them for ever

Exclusive: Inquest found there was ‘continuous failure to provide adequate healthcare’ for Alex Braund

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North East teens tragically took their own lives after 'appalling' NHS mental health care

Christie Harnett, Nadia Sharif, and Emily Moore, all died within an eight-month period after long mental health battles

The Guardian - UK

In Britain, a jail sentence is often a death sentence. What’s going on in our prisons?

Last year, 371 people died behind closed doors. We want justice for them – and an end to a cruel system, say Inquest’s Deborah Coles and Jessica Pandian

Evening Standard

Watchdog facing legal action threat after Chelsea Bridge death of Oladeji Omishore

Relatives of Oladeji Omishore want a judicial review of the decision not to hold a criminal or misconduct investigation in the wake of his death.

The Independent UK

Watchdog facing legal action threat after Chelsea Bridge death

Relatives of Oladeji Omishore want a judicial review of the decision not to hold a criminal or misconduct investigation in the wake of his death.

The Independent UK

Black deaths in UK prisons are among most violent and neglectful, damning report finds

Exclusive: Inquest argued for more focused investigation, oversight and action to end deaths of racialised people in prison

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