UK deaths in custody
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Deaths in custody, including police custody, are subject to great concern for a number of reasons, including the intrinsically vulnerable nature of some of those in custody, and the power imbalance inherent in the situation.[1]
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[edit] Police custody
Note, when talking of deaths in custody these include police pursuits, road traffic accidents and shooting.
[edit] Statistics
Deaths in police custody, by calendar year:[2]
| Year | Metropolitan Police | Other forces | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| 2009 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 2008 | 10 | 15 | 25 |
| 2007 | 6 | 22 | 28 |
| 2006 | 4 | 28 | 32 |
| 2005 | 9 | 33 | 42 |
| 2004 | 4 | 47 | 51 |
| 2003 | 12 | 50 | 62 |
| 2002 | 11 | 36 | 47 |
| 2001 | 9 | 25 | 34 |
| 2000 | 5 | 31 | 36 |
| 1999 | 14 | 32 | 46 |
| 1998 | 13 | 52 | 65 |
| 1997 | 15 | 43 | 58 |
| 1996 | 21 | 36 | 57 |
| 1995 | 12 | 36 | 48 |
| 1994 | 16 | 36 | 52 |
| 1993 | 17 | 19 | 36 |
[edit] Child deaths
There has never been a child death in a secure home, whereas there have been in both STCs[3] and YOIs[4] . Between 1990 and 2004, 25 children killed themselves in prison and two died in secure training centres.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Deaths in Custody: Interim Report. 2004. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200304/jtselect/jtrights/12/12.pdf.
- ^ "Deaths in Police Custody". Inquest. http://inquest.gn.apc.org/website/statistics/deaths-in-police-custody. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
- ^ The Use of Restraint in Secure Training Centres. 2007. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200708/jtselect/jtrights/65/65.pdf.
- ^ Vallely, Paul. "The end of innocence: Inside Britain's child prisons". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/the-end-of-innocence-inside-britains-child-prisons-1874053.html. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- ^ "Custody death rate 'shocks' MPs". BBC. 2004-12-14. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4093349.stm. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
