During 2017, 4WardEver UK and the United Families & Friends Campaign had put their support behind new research conducted by Dr David Baker of Coventry University, examining custody deaths from the viewpoint of the affected families.
Mental Health & Others
Families of prisoners who killed themselves express their anger
A report by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman notes: “We are concerned that healthcare staff at Chelmsford did not fully understand the correct process for transferring prisoners under the Mental Health Act.
Met Police cleared over Sean Rigg custody death
Five police officers have been cleared of misconduct by a disciplinary panel investigating their involvement in the death of Sean Rigg, who suffered from schizophrenia. Sean died after being restrained by Metropolitan Police officers.
Police officers who restrained musician who died in custody deny misconduct
Five police officers who were involved in the detention and death of musician Sean Rigg have denied charges of misconduct. Mr Rigg died while in custody at Brixton police station in August 2008.
Remembered; Rebecca Louise Overy
A jury delivered their critical conclusions regarding the death of Rebecca Louise Overy who died on the 24 June 2013 at the Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham. Rebecca was found unresponsive with a ligature in her room.
Modernising the Mental Health Act: A missed opportunity to address inequalities?
Ethnic minority people have a greatly increased risk of being detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, even when accounting for their increased risk of receiving a diagnosis of a severe mental illness.
‘I would have camped outside that prison every day’, says mother of hanged teenager
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 was.
Kingsley Burrell: Mental health patient ‘struck over 20 times by police’
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 fists and baton to strike Mr Burrell ‘numerous times.’
