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INQUEST is a charity that provides a free advice service to bereaved people on contentious deaths and their investigation with a particular focus on deaths in custody. Casework also informs our research, parliamentary, campaigning and policy work.

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Press releases 2006

2006
6th December INQUEST INTO DEATH OF MAN FOUND HANGING IN POLICE VAN CONCLUDES
6th December JURY RETURN CRITICAL VERDICT ON PRISON SERVICE CARE FOR VULNERABLE WOMAN
1st December FAMILY OF JEAN CHARLES DE MENEZES TO CHALLENGE CPS AT THE HIGH COURT
24th November INQUEST TO BEGIN INTO DEATH OF MAN FOUND HANGING IN POLICE VAN
24th November INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF LOUISE DAVIES AT HMP NEW HALL
15th November CRISIS IN THE CORONERS COURTS YET GOVERNMENT DROPS KEY REFORM BILL
1st November COURT ORDERS PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO NEAR DEATH OF YOUNG PRISONER IN FELTHAM YOUNG OFFENDER INSTITUTION
20th October INQUEST INTO DEATH OF ANTHONY WALL WHO DIED FOLLOWING ARREST BY AVON AND SOMERSET POLICE
18th October INQUEST’S BRIEFING AND AMENDMENTS TO THE CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER BILL 2006
17th October GOVERNMENT TO BE CHALLENGED IN HOUSE OF LORDS AS SCHOLES FAMILY STEP UP THEIR FIGHT FOR A PUBLIC INQUIRY
16th October INQUEST JURY FIND STAFF FAILINGS CONTRIBUTE TO 18 YEAR OLD’S DEATH IN YOUNG OFFENDER INSTITUTION
13th October INQUEST OPENS INTO THE DEATH OF VULNERABLE BLACK PRISONER AT HMP WORMWOOD SCRUBS
11th October JURY FINDS FAILURE TO MANAGE VULNERABLE PRISONER CONTRIBUTED TO HIS DEATH
4th October INQUEST OPENS INTO DEATH OF TEENAGER IN TROUBLED YOUNG OFFENDER INSITUTION STOKE HEATH
29th September CONCERN AT DEATH OF NIGERIAN MAN IN POLICE CUSTODY
27th September HOME OFFICE ACCEPTS THAT THEY BREACHED THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF SARAH CAMPBELL IN STYAL PRISON
18th September GOVERNMENT PUBLISHES REPORT OF PRIVATE REVIEW OF THE ISSUES ARISING FROM THE DEATH OF JOSEPH SCHOLES
2nd August FAMILY DEVASTATED AFTER ACQUITTAL OF POLICE OFFICERS IN MIKEY POWELL CASE
28th July DAMNING VERDICT AT INQUEST INTO DEATH OF VULNERABLE MAN IN PRISON SEGREGATION UNIT
25th July HIGHLY CRITICAL VERDICT AT INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF ANNE MARIE BATES
14th July FAMILY OF CHILD WHO DIED IN PRISON TO CHALLENGE GOVERNMENT’S REFUSAL TO SET UP A PUBLIC INQUIRY
7th July INQUEST BEGINS INTO THE DEATH OF VULNERABLE MAN IN PRISON SEGREGATION UNIT
4th July CPS DECIDES AGAINST PROSECUTION IN AZELLE RODNEY CASE
29th June MUBAREK FAMILY CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE VINDICATED
28th June PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING ON CHILD DEATHS IN CUSTODY
16th June INQUEST BEGINS INTO THE DEATH OF 19 YEAR OLD WOMAN IN PRISON
12th June GOVERNMENT PUBLISHES DRAFT CORONER’S REFORM BILL
24th May FURTHER PRESSURE ON WOMEN’S PRISON ESTATE AS BROCKHILL AND BULLWOOD HALL CHANGE ROLE
12th May INQUEST INTO DEATH OF WOMAN IN LANCASHIRE POLICE STATION TO OPEN
12th May HIGHLY CRITICAL VERDICT RETURNED AT INQUEST INTO YOUNG WOMAN’S DEATH IN LOW NEWTON PRISON
9th May SHOCKING OVER-USE OF FORCE, SEGREGATION AND ISOLATION FOR SUICIDAL WOMEN
5th May INQUEST OPENS INTO THE DEATH OF JASON WARDLE
5th May INQUEST OPENS INTO THE DEATH OF REBECCA TURNER AT HMP LOW NEWTON
5th May CRIMINAL TRIAL OF 10 WEST MIDLANDS POLICE OFFICERS
2nd May DEATH OF YOUNG WOMAN IN PRISON
27th March DAMNING REPORT ON THE DEATH OF CHRISTOPHER ALDER FALLS SHORT OF FAMILY’S DEMAND FOR PUBLIC INQUIRY
24th March IPCC REPORT ON THE DEATH IN POLICE CUSTODY OF CHRISTOPHER ALDER TO GO BEFORE PARLIAMENT
17th March JURY RETURN VERDICT IN INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF BLACK PRISONER WESLEY MCGOLDRICK AT HMP BRIXTON
9th March DEATH OF BLACK PRISONER WESLEY MCGOLDRICK AT HMP BRIXTON – INQUEST TO BEGIN
10th February INQUEST TO OPEN INTO DEATH IN METROPOLITAN POLICE CUSTODY OF PAUL YORKE
9th February STANLEY FAMILY DISGUST AT DECISION NOT TO DISCIPLINE POLICE
27th January DAMNING VERDICT IN RESTRAINT-RELATED DEATH OF ANDREW JORDAN
9th January INQUEST TO OPEN INTO THE RESTRAINT-RELATED DEATH OF ANDREW JORDAN IN METROPOLITAN POLICE CUSTODY
6th January INQUEST TO OPEN INTO DEATH IN NORTH YORKSHIRE POLICE CUSTODY OF JOHN MCDONNELL
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