Shaun Beasley’s death partly due to neglect, jury rules

orixinalmente polo: The Independent
publicado: 29 Xuño 2012

Two private companies with lucrative prison and police contracts across Britain have been criticised by a jury for the role they played in the suicide of a vulnerable inmate with mental health problems.

Shaun Beasley, 29, was found hanging in his cell at Parc prison in Bridgend, south Wales in August 2010. He had a history of self harm and had previously made several serious suicide attempts.

A jury at the inquest into his death ruled that he “took his own life in circumstances contributed to by neglect of healthcare and prison”.

Parc prison and young offenders institute is the only private prison in Wales. It is run by G4 Securicor, the second biggest commercial employer in the world, which has six prison contracts with the Ministry of Justice.

At the time of Mr Beasley’s death, G4S had sub-contracted out the healthcare services to Primecare Forensic Medical Services, which provides primary care or GP like services in prisons, police and other secure institutions across the country.

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Publicado por Larry Fedja en 01/07/2012. Arquivo en Saúde Mental & O.,Política & Reforma,Prisión Mortes. Pode seguir calquera respostas a esta entrada a través da RSS 2.0. Pode deixar unha resposta, ou trackback a esta entrada