Michelle Barnes
24 Oct 2016 · Coroner Andrew Tweddle · County Durham and Darlington
The coroner's concerns
1. lack of documented support plan for pregnant inmate
“After the prison made a decision to prevent [the deceased] from further visiting her child in hospital, two officers who did not know [the deceased] and who [the deceased] did not know particularly well, were tasked to tell [the deceased] the news and to further confirm her child was to be taken into care. The senior of those officers, chose not to open an ACCT, notwithstanding she described [the deceased] as being very upset and crying but instead made an entry in the wing observation book that staff were to”