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Recurance · prevention of future deaths reports

Pre-inquest brief

Inadequate CCTV monitoring in custodial settings

Organisation: Ministry of Justice · Generated: 27 Oct 2026

Recurance · recurance.com/chains/0a5211c08d2a9888

The earlier warning

Craig Bell · 9 Mar 2015 · Nigel Meadows, Manchester City

“The use of CCTV monitored cells was discontinued after his death and was not available at the time of Mr [name redacted] death.”

judiciary.uk/prevention-of-future-death-reports/craig-bell

What was promised

No published response from Ministry of Justice was found for the earlier reports.

What recurred

  • 8 Nov 2016 · Michelle Lawrence · Dr Fiona Wilcox · Closely related · confidence 0.92 (high)

The clearest link, quoted from both reports:

Earlier · Craig Bell · 9 Mar 2015

“The use of CCTV monitored cells was discontinued after his death and was not available at the time of Mr [name redacted] death.”

Later · Michelle Lawrence · 8 Nov 2016

“(5) That all custody suites have sufficient facilities for CCTV monitoring of detainees at risk in custody whether held by the State or private custody providers.”

What happened next

No web check of the stated actions has been published for this chain.

Every quote is verified word for word against the original report on judiciary.uk. A link shows that a similar concern was raised again, not why. It is not a finding about any organisation or person.

Source: Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, Open Government Licence v3.0.