United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 67167
Prisoners: Death
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19 October 2022
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27 October 2022 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the INQUEST report entitled Deaths of racialised people in prison 2015-2022: Challenging racism and discrimination, published on 12 October 2022, if he will make an assessment of the implication
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19 October 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the INQUEST report entitled Deaths of racialised people in prison 2015-2022: Challenging racism and discrimination, published on 12 October 2022, if he will make an assessment of the implication
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27 October 2022
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Every death in custody is a tragedy and we continue to do all we can to improve the safety of prisoners. As the INQUEST report acknowledges, the number of deaths of prisoners from minority ethnic groups is not disproportionate to their representation in t...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-10-19/67167
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1524360
- uk · wq-1524360 · source updated 27 October 2022