The links below are to news items which have featured INQUEST:
- Sean Rigg's death must be the catalyst for a reform in policing (The Observer) 20 May 2013
- Police constables cleared of allowing mentally ill man to die in front of them after detaining him at his home (Daily Mail) 7 May 2013
- Calls for better treatment for women in prison (Channel 4 News) 2 May 2013
- 'Lack of communication' cited in hanging verdict (Get Surrey) 1 May 2013
- Deborah Coles and James Herbert's father Tony on The World Tonight (BBC Radio 4) 29 April 2013
- Parents of man who died in police cell criticise son's treatment (The Guardian) 29 April 2013
- Report highlights safety concerns (ITV Granada News) 25 April 2013
- Inquest opens into death in custody of Fishersgate man (Brighton and Hove News) 24 April 2013
- Asylum seeker death investigated by Home Office amid healthcare concerns (The Guardian) 15 April 2013
- Inquest resumes into death in custody of HMP Send female prisoner Melanie Beswick (Woking People) 12 April 2013
- Inquest opens into prison suicide (Morning Star) 11 April 2013
- Inquest opens into death of man found naked in police cell (Morning Star) 8 April 2013
- James Best: Jailed in the riots for stealing a gingerbread man... dead in the prison that should have protected him (The Independent) 1 April 2013
- Officers arrested in police custody death investigation (Morning Star) 29 March 2013
- Wandsworth jail criticised over prisoner death (The Guardian) 26 March 2013
- We need a fresh approach to youth justice (Morning Star) 18 March 2013
- Inquest to open into death of prisoner convicted of stealing gingerbread man (The Guardian) 18 March 2013
- MPs alarmed at rising use of force to restrain young offenders in detention (The Guardian) 14 March 2013
- YOIs miss suicide warning signs, finds ombudsman (Children & Young People Now) 7 March 2013
- Failings in care of three children who died in custody, finds ombudsman (Community Care) 6 March 2013
- Death Of Children In Custody Prompts Calls For Action (The Huffington Post) 6 March 2013
- Call for enquiry after teenagers' custody deaths (BBC News) 6 March 2013
- Letter: Strip-searches and human rights (The Guardian) 6 March 2013
- Family say fresh inquest into death of tenants leader ‘has given our dad the respect he deserves’ (Camden New Journal) 28 February 2013
- Trauma of autistic boy shackled by police (The Guardian) 18 February 2013
- Youth justice system is 'failing vulnerable young offenders' (The Guardian) 6 February 2013
- MPs slam 'woeful' watchdog for failure on police corruption (The Independent) 1 February 2013
- Report highlights police watchdog failures (The Voice) 1 February 2013
- MPs demand new powers to overhaul police watchdog (Morning Star) 1 February 2013
- Mark Duggan’s mother leaves court on hearing death details (The Voice) 29 January 2013
- Hillsborough inquiry is a huge challenge, says IPCC chair (The Guardian) 1 January 2013
- Deaths in police custody have 'got to stop' (Today Programme, BBC Radio 4) 31 December 2012
- The Met police denied Azelle Rodney the right to surrender - Helen Shaw writes for the Guardian's Comment Is Free 17 December 2012
- Why is the IPCC not doing its job on deaths in custody? (The Guardian) 28 November 2012
- Criminologist Dr Silvia Casale to lead investigation in to the death in police custody of mentally ill man Sean Rigg (The Independent) 12 November 2012
- Officers will not face court over ‘errors’ that led to Leonard McCourt’s death (The Independent) 1 November 2012
- Jacob Michael inquest: Police criticised for 'failings' over death of cage fighter (Daily Mirror) 27 October 2012
- 'Failures may have led to custody death' (Morning Star Online) 26 October 2012
- Chief Coroner and Helen Shaw, co-director, INQUEST, discuss new opportunities for reform of the inquest system on Radio 4 programme Law in Action (BBC Radio 4) 25 October 2012
- Cumbrian jail staff training in suicide prevention (Times and Star) 25 October 2012
- Tragic Adam Rickwood's words used to highlight youth justice system failures (The Journal) 25 October 2012
- 200 die in jail 'due to system' (Morning Star Online) 24 October 2012
- Mentally ill people detained over risk to themselves or others routinely taken to police cells, despite years of warnings (The Independent) 24 October 2012
- Child deaths ‘show flaws in justice system’ (The Times) 24 October 2012
- 200 people under 24, including nine children, have died in prisons according to a report (Local Government Chronicle) 24 October 2012
- Prison Reform Trust warning over youth custody deaths (BBC News) 24 October 2012
- Young Inmate Deaths ‘Show Justice Failing’ (Sky News) 24 October 2012
- Deborah Coles, INQUEST co-director, discusses new report 'Fatally Flawed' on BBC's Today programme (BBC Radio 4) 24 October 2012
- Deaths Of Young People And Children In Custody Since Joseph Scholes 'Devastating' Claims Report (Huffington Post) 24 October 2012
- Mum whose son killed himself in cell hits out at prison failures (ITV News) 24 October 2012
- Campaigners raise concerns over increased police Taser use (The Guardian) 21 October 2012
- Duggan family hit out at gun supply trial (Morning Star Online) 18 October 2012
- Education Around Mental Health Is Needed to Limit Deaths in Police Custody (The Huffington Post) 18 October 2012
- Mark Duggan: No verdict in Kevin Hutchinson-Foster gun trial (BBC News) 18 October 2012
- Mark Duggan:No Verdict In Trial Of Kevin Hutchinson-Foster Accused Of Supplying Gun (The Huffington Post) 17 October 2012
- Deaths in custody lessons are being ignored, says charity (The Guardian) 1 October 2012
- Deborah Coles discusses INQUEST report 'Learning from Death in Custody Inquests' on BBC R4 Today (BBC Radio 4) 1 October 2012
- Inquest examines death of man pepper-sprayed by police (The Voice) 27 September 2012
- Campaigners snubbed by deaths in custody review (The Voice) 26 September 2012
- Don't lock us out: campaigners attack review of deaths in custody (The Independent) 24 September 2012
- Letter: Despite Hillsborough, police cover-ups go on (The Independent) 14 September 2012
- Azelle Rodney death: Police 'shot suspect six times' - Deborah Coles interviewed for BBC News 6 September 2012
- Armed police officer shot a suspect six times - Deborah Coles interviewed for ITV News on Azelle Rodney Inquiry 6 September 2012
- Azelle Rodney Inquiry - Deborah Coles interviewed for Channel 4 News 6 September 2012
- Why did police shoot dead unarmed man Azelle Rodney seven years ago? (The Independent) 29 August 2012
- IPCC announces external review of inquiry into death of Sean Rigg (The Guardian) 15 August 2012
- Sean Rigg investigation: IPCC announces independent review of its own investigation into the death of a mentally ill man in police custody (The Independent) 15 August 2012
- The shameful questions arising from Sean Rigg's death (The Observer) 12 August 2012
- Why was my brother Sean allowed to die? (The Guardian) 4 August 2012
- IPCC to investigate claims officer gave false evidence to Sean Rigg inquest (The Guardian) 3 August 2012
- Letter: Families need backing over custody deaths (The Guardian) 3 August 2012
- A reformed, ethical police force is long overdue (The Observer) 23 July 2012
- The police work in a world of 'clear-up rates'. So why aren't they bothered about this one... 1,433 deaths, no convictions (Mail on Sunday) 23 July 2012
- Ian Tomlinson case: tried – and failed (The Guardian) 20 July 2012
- Simon Harwood is just the latest police officer found not guilty (The Guardian) 20 July 2012
- Call this justice? "Red mist" police officer with string of violence accusations is cleared of manslaughter (Daily Mirror) 20 July 2012
- Ian Tomlinson's family call verdict on PC Simon Harwood a 'joke' (Daily Telegraph) 20 July 2012
- Simon Harwood cleared of killing Ian Tomlinson, but questions remain (The Guardian) 19 July 2012
- Jimmy Mubenga deportation death: No charges brought (BBC News Online) 17 July 2012
- No prosecution for G4S over deportee death of Jimmy Mubenga (Daily Telegraph) 17 July 2012
- Jimmy Mubenga decision prompts fresh questions over investigations (The Guardian) 17 July 2012
- G4S security guards will not face charges over custody death (The Independent) 17 July 2012
- Shaun Beasley's death partly due to neglect, inquest jury rules (The Independent) 29 June 2012
- Jury returns open verdict on prisoner hanged in cell (The Guardian) 27 June 2012
- Supreme Court ruling on prevention of suicide on psychiatric wards (The Solution Magazine) 13 June 2012
- Custody death inquest told that victim was 'fit and healthy' (Channel 4 News) 12 June 2012
- Sean Rigg inquest: Sister shares memories (The Voice) 12 June 2012
- Family of man who died in police custody plead for answers as inquest into his death starts (Evening Standard) 11 June 2012
- The terrible anomaly of deaths in mental health detention (The Observer) 3 June 2012
- Deaths inside (Holyrood) 28 May 2012
- Janey Antoniou: 'She was a person, not a diagnosis' (The Guardian) 27 May 2012
- Justice bill delayed by inquest row between Cameron and Clegg (The Guardian) 24 May 2012
- New chief coroner to overhaul inquests (The Guardian) 22 May 2012
- Police needlessly kept almost 500 organs of murder victims and suspicious deaths after the cases had closed (Mail Online) 21 May 2012
- Queen's speech: plan for secret hearings in civil courts brought forward (The Guardian) 9 May 2012
- Campaigners damn Tory inquest plan (Morning Star Online) 3 May 2012
- 'No funeral or answers' a year after Kingsley Brown's death (BBC News Online) 12 April 2012
- Letter: Open inquests (The Guardian) 6 April 2012
- Letter: Secrecy, surveillance and the state (The Guardian) 5 April 2012
- Government plans to hold more secret court hearings attacked as 'unfair' and 'dangerous' (The Independent) 4 April 2012
- Outrage as police watchdog seeks secrecy at inquest into man whose death sparked the London riots (Daily Mail) 27 March 2012
- Jimmy Mubenga death: prosecutor weighs up whether to charge G4S security guards (The Guardian) 16 March 2012
- Secret justice (The Lawyer) 14 March 2012
- Deaths in custody: RMT meeting calls for justice (Socialist Worker) 13 March 2012
- Lord Macdonald: Ministers wrong on CIA secret justice fears (Daily Telegraph) 13 March 2012
- Inquests MUST be open says British Legion chief who fears secret justice plans would 'compound grief of bereaved' (Daily Mail) 9 March 2012
- Strangeways deaths spark call for “urgent review” (Manchester Mule) 2 March 2012
- Parties unite against secret injustice: Horrified MPs and peers condemn Clarke's plan for court cases behind closed doors (Daily Mail) 1 March 2012
- Police staff 'failed to properly care' for woman who died in custody (The Independent) 27 February 2012
- How did a promising footballer die in agony in police custody? (The Independent) 21 February 2012
- Woman's Hour 4 February 2012 (BBC Radio 4) 4 February 2012
- BBC Radio - File on Four: Deaths in Custody 1 February 2012
- INQUEST's Co-Directors Deborah Coles and Helen Shaw write on deaths in custody following state use of force 31 January 2012
- Parents demand inquiry into teenage prison deaths (The Observer) 28 January 2012
- In praise of... INQUEST (Guardian editorial) 5 September 2011
- Corporate homicide law extended to prisons and police cells (The Guardian) 30 August 2011
- Taser and pepper spray review ruled out by police (BBC) 25 August 2011
- Arrest deaths: 'Disturbing trend' in police fatalities as man dies after he was Tasered (Daily Mail) 25 August 2011
- Taser-related deaths raise concerns over 'non-lethal' police options (The Guardian) 25 August 2011
- Taser deaths investigated by police watchdog (The Guardian) 25 August 2011
- Restraining technique used by officials 'increases risk of death' (The Guardian) 27 July 2011
- Coalition faces pressure over chief coroner post (Politics.co.uk) 12 July 2011
- Call for inquiry after seventh teenager dies in custody (The Independent) 11 July 2011
- Media coverage of the Ian Tomlinson inquest 24 May 2011
- Nineteen-year-old is sixth teenager to die in custody in UK this year (Children & Young People Now) 12 May 2011
- Letters: Inquest trial for the Tomlinson family (INQUEST letter in The Guardian) 11 May 2011
- Campaign group renew call for inquiry after deportation death (The Voice) 11 May 2011
- Inquests: call for new system as families wait years for a verdict (The Observer) 8 May 2011
- Teenagers' deaths in custody are needless (INQUEST writes in The Guardian) 6 May 2011
- Inquests bring justice - so why are many unfit for purpose? (The Times) 5 May 2011
- Teenage deaths in prison cause mounting concern (The Guardian) 5 May 2011
- Youth prison suicides prompt call for review (Children & Young People Now) 4 May 2011
- Ian Tomlinson verdict: the people defer no more (The Guardian) 4 May 2011
- UN asked to investigate death of Angolan deportee Jimmy Mubenga (The Guardian) 1 May 2011
- INQUEST Co-Director on BBC Radio 5 Live 19 April 2011
- Charity’s concerns over Stoke Heath death (Shropshire Star) 11 April 2011
- Belmarsh prison deaths - report reveals action still not taken (Bexley Times) 3 March 2011
- Letters: Inquiry needed into Mubenga death (The Guardian) 10 February 2011
- Adam Rickwood: neglected in custody, dead at 14 (Sunday Mirror editorial) 31 January 2011
- Mum’s fight for justice over Burnley boy, 14, who became youngest to die in custody (Sunday Mirror) 31 January 2011
- This 14-year-old boy’s suicide in custody makes me weep (The Guardian) 30 January 2011
- Unlawful use of force contributed to boy’s custody death (The Independent) 28 January 2011
- They must pay for failing my Adam – (Northern Echo) 28 January 2011
- Mother's justice fight for Adam Rickwood is rewarded - (JournalLive) 28 January 2011
- Unlawful restraint 'contributed to death of boy in custody' (The Guardian) 27 January 2011
- Letters: Legal challenge to service frontline cuts (The Guardian) 27 January 2011
- Second inquest into death of youngest person to die in custody begins (The Guardian) 10 January 2011
- Second inquest into teenager's death in Consett (Journal Live) 10 January 2011
- Lords save chief coroner (Solicitors Journal) 17 December 2010
- The law above the law? (CJM) 16 December 2010
- Deborah Coles disusses women in prison on BBC Woman's Hour 14 December 2010
- Recent news from the campaign for justice for Jimmy Mubenga (Institute of Race Relations) 10 December 2010
- Police watchdog recommends ‘drunk tanks’ pilot schemes (24dash) 3 December 2010
- 'Sixteen killed' after police contacted, says watchdog (BBC News) 3 December 2010
- Deaths in police custody since 1998: 333; officers convicted: none (The Guardian) 3 December 2010
- Sentence review to slash numbers of women in jail (The Independent) 29 November 2010
- Family awaits inquest into graffiti prisoner's death - (Morning Star) 23 November 2010
- Call for justice for Jimmy Mubenga (IRR) 22 November 2010
- Tragedy of Mubenga (The Guardian) 12 November 2010
- Mark Saunders inquest: Anonymity could make a police marksman likely to pull the trigger (Mail on Sunday) 8 November 2010
- The family of Aimee Welsh and INQUEST Co-director Deborah Coles talk about police vehicle incidents (BBC The One Show) 3 November 2010
- Jimmy Mubenga’s family call for inquiry into deportation system (The Guardian) 2 November 2010
- Health campaigners condemn lack of care as inquest into death of Sarah Namala opens (Black Mental Health UK) 21 October 2010
- Deportee asked for help on flight before dying, witness says (The Guardian) 15 October 2010
- Did duo die from police brutality? (Morning Star) 16 September 2010
- Shock at service user death after police restraint (Black Mental Health UK) 13 September 2010
- Sean Rigg memorial pushes deaths in custody up the community's agenda 27 August 2010
- The Report: 19/08/2010 "Simon Cox examines the investigation into the death of Ian Tomlinson" 19 August 2010
- David Kelly: forensic experts say Hutton inquiry scientifically sound 16 August 2010
- Coroners' service reform review delaying inquests 12 August 2010
- G20 death Pc up for misconduct 27 July 2010
- Fury as G20 cop escapes charges over Ian Tomlinson death 23 July 2010
- Ian Tomlinson death: lawyers challenge CPS over decision not to prosecute 22 July 2010
- Revealed: brutal guide to punishing jailed youths 18 July 2010
- Advice to charge police officer over Ian Tomlinson death ignored 18 July 2010
- The tragic life and death of Andrea Adams (letter to the The Guardian) 14 July 2010
- Metropolitan Police bids to block Baby Peter inquest 14 July 2010
- Ian Tomlinson pathologist accused of incompetence over autopsies 12 July 2010
- What led Andrea Adams to kill herself at 18? 8 July 2010
- Inquest into vulnerable teenage asylum seeker highlights serious failings 3 June 2010
- Darfuri teenager killed himself after being told - wrongly - of deportation 3 June 2010
- Families Speak Out 20 May 2010
- Quiet dignity of the woman who waited for truth about Blair Peach 1 May 2010
- Blair Peach killed by police at 1979 protest, Met report finds 27 April 2010
- Blair Peach: After 31 years Met police say 'sorry' for their role in his killing 27 April 2010
- Police publish report into death of Blair Peach in 1979 27 April 2010
- A year on, we still wait for answers about Ian Tomlinson's death 1 April 2010
- How the police killed Mikey Powell 27 March 2010
- Our prisons are in crisis, but there is a get-out-of-jail-free card 18 January 2010
See also news items archived by year below:
