Inaccurate ACCT documentation affecting prisoner safety
HM Inspectorate of Prisons received 2 coroners' reports about this hazard between 10 Dec 2019 and 13 May 2026.
They came from 2 different coroners in 2 coroner areas. A similar concern was raised again 1 time after the first warning.
No published response from HM Inspectorate of Prisons was found for the earlier reports.
The story, report by report
Spacing grows with the time between reports.
“Failure to carry out ACCT observations recorded in the ACCT log”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ No published response from HM Inspectorate of Prisons was found for this report.
- 6 years 5 months laterClosely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderatea different coroner
“serious difficulty in the recording, communication, and use of ACCT documentation”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ HM Inspectorate of Prisons responded.Response (PDF) ↗Response (PDF) ↗Response (PDF) ↗
- All reports to HM Inspectorate of Prisons
Each row is one judged link between an earlier and a later report. Open a row to read both quotes, found word for word in the originals.
2019 → 2026Roy Sinclair6 years 5 months after Daniel Akam · different coronerClosely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderate
Closely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderateBoth reports highlight problems with the accuracy and reliability of ACCT documentation that can affect prisoner safety. The earlier report focuses on false recording of observations, while the later report cites broader recording, communication, and use shortcomings.
Daniel Akam · 10 Dec 2019
“Failure to carry out ACCT observations recorded in the ACCT log”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Roy Sinclair · 13 May 2026
“serious difficulty in the recording, communication, and use of ACCT documentation”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗
No published response from HM Inspectorate of Prisons was found for this report.
No specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.
No specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.
No specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.
- Each report's concerns were extracted by Nemotron 3 Nano on Nebius Token Factory, each with a quote copied from the report.
- Concerns from reports to HM Inspectorate of Prisons at least six months apart were compared by meaning (Qwen3 embeddings) and wording (TF-IDF).
- The closest pairs were judged by Nemotron 3 Super with reasoning on. Only identical or closely related, with confidence of at least 0.70, are shown.
- Every quote was checked by code as an exact substring of the original text. Names of staff and family are redacted, and the deceased are named by report title only.
| Link | Meaning | Wording | Judge | Coroner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 → 2026 | 0.74 | 0.09 | Closely related · 0.80 | different |
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