Ministerial Board on Deaths in Custody
The Ministerial Board on Deaths in Custody brings Ministers, senior officials, experts and practitioners together to enable better learning and sharing of lessons across the custodial sectors. The Board meets three times a year with workstreams being taken forward between meetings
Latest:
IAP publishes ‘Just One Thing’, a new report detailing prisoner views on active steps that can improve safety during and after COVID-19
Listen to the podcast from the inaugural
Keeping Safe conference
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Our purpose
We are an arms-length body co-sponsored by the Ministry of Justice, the Home Office and the department of Health and Social Care with the central aim of preventing deaths in custody.
Statistics
64,552
SELF-HARM INCIDENTS
Self-harm incidents reached a record high of 64,552 incidents in the 12 months to March 2020, up 11% from the previous 12 months. In the most recent quarter there were 15,390 self-harm incidents, down 6% on the previous quarter.
294
deaths in prisons
In the 12 months to June 2020, there were 294 deaths in prison custody in the 12 months to June 2020, a decrease of 5% from 309 deaths the previous 12 months. Of these, 76 deaths were self-inflicted, a 13% decrease from the 87 self-inflicted deaths in the previous 12 months.