DAMNING REPORT ‘Serious questions’ demand after nurse forced to watch helplessly as prisoner died in cell because officers lost keys
21st May 2026
This article focuses on the serious systemic failures highlighted in the Inspector of Prisons’ report into the 2021 death in Midlands Prison. IPRT’s Niamh McCormack is quoted raising urgent concerns about key‑holding practices, the lack of emergency access for almost 300 people, and the absence of proper risk assessment that allowed such unsafe procedures to develop.
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