Fallon Adams
29 Dec 2025 · Coroner Simon Milburn · Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
The coroner's concerns
1. over sedation and death from combined sedative medications
“Whilst an inmate at HMP Peterborough [the deceased] ADAMS was prescribed methadone (for opiate withdrawal) and chlordiazepoxide (for alcohol withdrawal). She also took non-prescribed [REDACTED] apparently obtained from an illicit source within the prison. All of these medications have a sedative effect which in combination have the potential to cause over sedation and death.”
2. lack of specific warning about over sedation risks
“I also heard evidence in relation to Regulation 28 issues. Whilst it is clear that a number of relevant changes were being made it was not clear that a specific warning in relation to the risks of over sedation was being implemented.”