Paul Gobell

“[the deceased] was serving a life sentence for rape. He had served fifteen years in a closed prison, most recently at HM Prison, Whatton. In August 2021, he was deemed by the Parole Board to be suitable for a move to open conditions and was therefore transferred to HM Prison Hollesley Bay on 20/10/21. He was there for just two and a half weeks. Within a few hours of his return to HM Prison, Whatton on 04/11/21 he was subject to a Control & Restraint incident. His behaviour at this time was reported”

“[the deceased] was assessed as being suitable to share a cell in June 2021, having previously been considered high risk. He was not informed off this change until immediately prior to the C&R incident on 04/11/21 and had never had to share a cell before. The Cell Sharing Risk Assessment carried out by Healthcare and Reception staff upon his return to HM Prison, Whatton on 04/11/21 deemed him to be a standard risk. He felt that he should have been designated as high risk. He was concerned for the”

“Whilst at HM Prison, Hollesley Bay, [the deceased] rang the Probation Officer (who had dealt with his Parole Board hearing in August 2021) and told her that he felt he was a poor fit in open conditions, that the environment there was hostile and unpleasant and that he had let slip to another prisoner that he was serving a term of imprisonment for offences of a sexual nature. The Probation Officer concerned did not see fit to report these disclosures to the Offender Management Unit. An Open”