Prisoners: Suicide
Commons · Question 26533 · Tabled 27 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Ian Byrne
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people took their own life in prison while serving an indeterminate sentence for public protection sentence in 2024.
Answer
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 4 Feb 2025
There were four self-inflicted deaths of those serving an indeterminate sentence for public protection in 2024. This information can be found in Table 1.7 of the 'Safety in custody: quarterly update to September 2024’. Self-inflicted deaths are any deaths...