Prisoners (Deaths)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all deaths that have occurred in 1990 of persons detained in prison department establishments, stating in each case the age and sex of the inmate, and cause of death, the inquest verdict, whether the inmate was sentenced or on remand, the establishment where the inmate was detained, and whether the death occurred there or in an outside hospital, and where the

Deaths of inmates in Her Majesty s Prison Service custody in 1990 (to 24 October 1990)
Date	Establishment	Age	Sex	Status	Cause of death	Inquest verdict	Location at time of death¹
6 January	Durham	20	M	S	Hanging	Not yet held	OL
6 January	Bristol	22	M	S	Hanging	Suicide	OL
10 January	Lincoln	46	M	R	Suffocation	Open	PH
14 January	Winchester	69	M	R	Angina	Natural	PH
22 January	Liverpool	47	M	S	Hanging	Open	PH
25 January	Manchester	37	M	R	Hanging	Not yet held	OL
10 February	Reading	35	M	S	Brain Haemorrhage	Natural	OH
14 February	Winchester	19	M	R	Hanging	Open	OL
21 February	Camp Hill	24	M	S	Hanging	Suicide	OL
22 February	Bedford	29	M	R	Hanging	Suicide	OL
28 February	Hindley	18	M	R	Hanging	Suicide	OH
2 March	Brixton	29	M	R	Hanging	Open	PH
2 March	Manchester	37	M	R	Hanging	Not yet held	OL
3 March	Pentonville	34	M	R	Asphyxiation	Misadventure	⁵—
14 March	Wakefield	56	M	S	Heart Attack	Natural	⁵—
16 March	Durham	27	M	S	Hanging	Suicide	OL
23 March	Bristol	31	M	R	Hanging	Suicide	SEG
29 March	Coldingley	24	M	S	Unknown	Not yet held	²—
3 April	Swansea	25	M	R	Hanging	Suicide	SEG(OP)
7 April	Dartmoor	27	M	S	Fire	Suicide	OL
8 April	Highpoint	59	M	S	Asphyxia	Suicide	OL
8 April	Stocken	35	M	S	Heart Attack	Not yet held	⁵—
11 April	Wandsworth	31	M	S	Undetermined	Open	OL
15 April	Wakefield	49	M	S	Heart Failure	Natural	⁵—
19 April	Channings Wood	61	M	S	Carcinomatosis	Natural	OH
23 April	Wayland	50	M	S	Heart Failure	Natural	⁵—
26 April	Wandsworth	27	M	R	Meningitis	Natural	PH
9 May	Wellingborough	54	M	S	Heart Failure	Not yet held	⁵—
11 May	Wakefield	58	M	S	Carcinoma Bronchus	Natural	OH
18 May	Exeter	31	M	R	Coronary Sclerosis	Natural	⁵—
19 May	Wormwood Scrubs	25	M	R	Hanging	Not yet held	PH
19 May	Ashwell	61	M	S	Cancer	Not yet held	PH
20 May	Acklington	26	M	S	Hanging	Suicide	OL
28 May	Cardiff	70	M	S	Cancer	Not yet held	OH
4 June	Durham	35	F	S	Hanging	Suicide	OL
20 June	Liverpool	54	M	S	Cancer	Natural	OH
22 June	The Verne	40	M	S	Heart Attack	Natural	⁵—
25 June	Hindley	18	M	R	Hanging	Not yet held	SEG(GOAD)
25 June	Hindley	18	M	R	Hanging	Not yet held	SEG(GOAD)
26 June	Bedford	27	M	R	Hanging	Suicide	PH
7 July	Wakefield	52	M	S	Cerebral oedema	Open	OH
13 July	Swansea	15	M	R	Hanging	Not yet held	OH
18 July	Long Lartin	27	M	S	Stab Wound	Not yet held	PH
20 July	Wandsworth	29	M	S	Pneumonia	Not yet held	OH
21 July	Parkhurst	55	M	S	Lung cancer	Natural	OH
25 July	Lewes	32	M	R	Hanging	Suicide	SEG(OP)
29 July	Standford Hill	25	M	S	Heart Attack	Not yet held	⁵—
30 July	Parkhurst	43	M	S	Drug overdose	Accidental death	⁵—
1 August	Parkhurst	42	M	S	Heart Attack	Natural	PH
5 August	Winchester	41	M	S	Hanging	Not yet held	OL
12 August	Wakefield	31	M	S	Unknown	Natural	OH
12 August	Leeds	17	M	R	Hanging	Not yet held	OL
15 August	Bristol	23	M	S	Hanging	Open	SEG(OP)
1 September	Wandsworth	22	M	S	Hanging	Not yet held	OL
5 September	Birmingham	35	M	S	Hanging	Not yet held	OL
7 September	Brixton	38	M	R	Hanging	Not yet held	OH
14 September	North Sea Camp	37	M	S	Heart Attack	Natural	³—
15 September	Oxford	23	M	S	Hanging	Not yet held	OL
16 September	Brixton	39	M	R	Hanging	Not yet held	PH
21 September	Lewes	30	M	S	Hanging	Not yet held	SEG(OP)
24 September	Channings Wood	50	M	S	Cerebral oedema	Not yet held	⁴—
28 September	Liverpool	29	M	R	Hanging	Not yet held	OL
28 September	Wormwood Scrubs	36	M	S	Diabetes	Not yet held	⁵—

death occurred within the prison, if he will specify if the inmate was segregated either in the hospital wing or in the punishment block.

The information is given in the table. Deaths occurred within the establishment unless otherwise indicated. Information about the location of the inmate at the time of death is not readily available in every case and I shall write to the hon. Member. None of the inmates located in the prison hospital at the time of death was segregated under rule 43 of the prison rules.

Date	Establishment	Age	Sex	Status	Cause of death	Inquest verdict	Location at time of death¹
29 September	Hull	20	M	R	Hanging	Not yet held	PH
4 October	Grendon	39	M	S	Hanging	Not yet held	PH
12 October	Brixton	29	M	R	Cerebral oedema	Not yet held	OH
13 October	Liverpool	27	M	R	Hanging	Not yet held	OH
13 October	Wakefield	36	M	S	Hanging	Not yet held	OL
19 October	The Verne	38	M	S	Hanging	Not yet held	SEG
¹ Key to location:
OL—Ordinary location within the establishment.
PH—Located in the prison hospital.
SEG(OP)—Located in the segregation unit for the inmate's own protection (rule 43)
SEG(GOAD)—Located in the segregation unit for reasons of good order and discipline (rule 43)
OH—Outside hospital.
² Inmate died while on home leave.
³ Inmate died after absconding.
⁴ Inmate died while trying to escape.
⁵ Information about location is not available.

Volume 178: debated on Monday 29 October 1990