INQUEST is involved on a regular basis with conferences and other events. We are supporters of several campaigns around issues that are relevant to our work.

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

There are currently no positions vacant at INQUEST.

Unlock Democracy has published a book to mark its twentieth anniversary of Charter 88, Unlocking Democracy. It includes essay on deaths in custody by INQUEST's Co-Directors, alongside other pieces on the subject of rights and freedoms from a variety of high-profile authors, including noted human rights campaigners as well as the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition.

INQUEST has been awarded the Longford Prize for 2009.

The Prize is awarded annually on behalf of the trustees and patrons of the Frank Longford Charitable Trust. and recognises the contribution of an individual, group or organisation working in the area of penal or social reform.

INQUEST's 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.

" ...a clearly argued plea for change from an organisation with decades of experience of what happens when things go wrong. Stephen Cragg,  Doughty Street Chambers writing in The  Times

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