INQUEST's staff are very sad at news that Pauline Campbell was found dead on 15 May 2008, not far from the grave of her daughter Sarah who died in January 2003 in HMP Styal.

INQUEST is calling for a public inquiry into the death of 16-year-old Joseph Scholes and the deaths of 29 other children while in the care of the state since 1990. A leaflet entitled Why Are Children Dying In Custody? gives a detailed background on the call for an inquiry.

INQUEST is involved on a regular basis with conferences and other events. We are supporters of several campaigns around issues such as the use of ASBOs and penal custody for children.

INQUEST also supports family campaigns for justice set up by bereaved people whose friends or relatives have died in controversial circumstances.

INQUEST's senior caseworker Gilly Mundy died two days after suffering a stroke on the morning of 15 March 2007. We at INQUEST, his wife, family and friends are devastated. Gilly was as generous in death as in life and his organs were donated to enable others to live. Hundreds of people attended his funeral, which took place on 27 March in Leamington Spa. A fund has been set up in his memory and donations can be made care of the INQUEST office, with cheques made payable to the Gilly Mundy Memorial Fund.

An Evening with Gilly Mundy took place on Saturday 14 July 2007 at Rich Mix. The event featured contributions from Gilly's family and many friends and marked a moving celebration of his life and work.

The inaugural Gilly Mundy Memorial Debate was held on 23 April 2008 at SOAS in London and was well attended by 250 people. Organised in Gilly's memory by the Newham Monitoring Project, the subject for discussion at the first event was the issue of racism in Britain.

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INQUEST's new book Dying on the Inside: Examining Women's Deaths in Prison provides a comprehensive examination of INQUEST's casework on women's deaths in prison from 1990 - 2007.

Written by INQUEST Co-director Deborah Coles and Marissa Sandler, Dying on the Inside is available to buy online from the link below.

INQUEST's powerful book Unlocking the Truth: Families’ Experiences of the Investigation of Deaths in Custody describes the experiences of families bereaved by deaths in custody from the time of death to the conclusion of the investigation and inquest.

"The voices of the families and their accounts are powerful arguments that reform is needed." The Guardian, 3 October 2007

Professor Barry Goldson and Deborah Coles' groundbreaking book In the Care of the State? examines child deaths in penal custody in England and Wales.

“This is a splendid book… and I entirely endorse the recommendations made”
Lord David Ramsbotham, former Chief Inspector of Prisons
"This is not a comfortable read but an important one for all youth panel members and others taking decisions about offending children."
Magistrate magazine, May 2006
"...an interesting, thought provoking book that addresses an important and hitherto little explored issue."
Professor Gill McIvor in Youth Justice