The mother of a boy who hanged himself in prison after being relentlessly bullied said she would have “camped outside every single day” if she had known just how damaging an environment it w... Read more
A mental health patient restrained in a psychiatric room was struck to his body by police more than 20 times before his death, a misconduct panel has heard. One of the officers used their fi... Read more
Today the Mental Health (Use of Force) Bill has received Royal Assent in Parliament, eight years after the death of Seni Lewis. Known as Seni’s Law, the Bill will increase protections and ov... Read more
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), in partnership with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM), have announced the new ‘Seni Lewis Award’ in memory of Mr Lewis and to mark... Read more
The family of a man who died in police custody a decade ago will have to wait until at least 2019 to see officers face a disciplinary hearing. Sean Rigg, 40, died 10 years ago on 21 August a... Read more
26-year-old Aboriginal man David Dungay jnr died on December 29, 2015 after pleading for his life in the mental health wing of Sydney’s Long Bay jail. He suffered a cardiac arrest when he wa... Read more
For almost three years, the family of an Indigenous Australian man who died in a Sydney prison complex after being pinned down by correctional officers has waited for answers. Their wait wil... Read more
West Midlands Police paid £300,000 compensation to the family of a man who died in custody, it was publicly revealed today. Mikey Powell, 38, tragically died of asphyxiation while in custody... Read more
