Fatal accident inquiries into 83 deaths in Scottish prison custody: 2010-2013.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The only non-legal reference in Lord Cullen's Review of fatal accident inquiry (FAI) Legislation in Scotland (2009) was my audit of FAIs into 97 deaths in prison custody in Scotland, 1999-2003: recommending that waiting time from prisoner death to end of FAI should be less than 1 year for 90% of FAIs, and epidemiological rules for FAIs to have a written determination versus formal findings.

Aims

Audit of FAIs into 83 deaths in Scottish prison custody in the period 2010-2013.

Method

Assessement of waiting times from prisoner death to end of FAI; dissemination of written determinations; self-inflicted death rate per 1000 prisoner-years; cause of natural deaths; and yellow card submissions. Detailed cross-checking was nec37essary between Scottish Prison Servic

SUBMITTER: Bird SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7745234 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature