Blaise Farry
PFD Report
Historic (No Identified Response)
Ref: 2015-0269
No published response · Over 2 years old
Sent To
Response Status
Responses
0 of 1
56-Day Deadline
25 Aug 2015
Over 2 years old — no identified published response
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Source: Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
Coroner’s Concerns
Evidence was heard that indicated that staffing levels were insufficient to allow for a nominated Officer scheme to be instituted. The Prisons Ombudsman had made previous reports identifying the need for such a scheme but HMP Wormwood Scrubs had not instituted it.
Action Should Be Taken
To review the response of HMP Wormwood Scrubs to the recommendation in the Prisons Ombudsman’s report and where possible to institute a named officer scheme within the prison.
Report Sections
Investigation and Inquest
Inquest into the death of Blaise Francis Farry
Circumstances of the Death
Mr Farry died as a result of hanging himself from a ligature made from a bed sheet suspended from the window at 1637 on the 19th January 2013. The Jury recorded a Conclusion of “Suicide – inadequate exchange of information between healthcare and prison staff in the weeks leading up to Mr Farry’s death”
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Data sourced from Courts and Tribunals Judiciary under the Open Government Licence.