Thread by @WritersofColour

'Men have died of suicide, drug overdoses and health problems while doing time at the Category D men's prison, located at Ford near Arundel.

Last year, a report from the prison watchdog found that the jail was "certainly not decent or humane".

https://twitter.com/SamanthaAsumadu/status/1491750952520622085

Now The Argus can reveal a number of deaths at the prison in recent years.

The information comes from the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) which lists inmates who passed while serving their time. #JusticeForIPPs

Many of the names have been removed to protect the privacy of the individuals concerned.

For deaths after March 1, 2015, the name of the deceased remains in the report, but other names have been anonymised.

A 43-year-old man - epilepsy

The man was serving an indeterminate sentence for public protection and had been a prisoner at Ford open prison since November 2013.

He had suffered from epilepsy since he was 13 years old and was mostly controlled by medication.

A 71-year-old man - pneumonia

At a hospital and while serving a life sentence at HMP Ford, the 71-year-old died from pneumonia on September 23 2004.

On 21 September 2004, the man consulted prison Healthcare with an upper respiratory tract infection (URTI), which the doctor treated with paracetamol.

Within 24 hours, the man’s condition deteriorated significantly and he was transferred to hospital, where he died two days later