INQUEST is the only charity providing free expertise on state related deaths and their investigation to bereaved people, as well as advising lawyers, agencies, the media and parliamentarians. Our specialist casework includes death in police and prison custody, immigration detention, mental health settings and deaths where wider issues of state and corporate accountability are in question. We are reliant on donations and grants, without which we could not carry on our vital work for truth, justice and accountability.
Latest
- THIS WEBSITE IS CLOSED: go to INQUEST.org.uk for new website
Press releases, 16 November 2017 - INQUEST IS RECRUITING: SENIOR POLICY OFFICER
Latest news, 24 October 2017 - GRENFELL TOWER FIRE - How INQUEST can help
Latest news, 25 June 2017 - Inquest examining death of Jessica Whitchurch at HMP Eastwood Park, where seven women died last year, opens Monday
Press releases, 3 November 2017 - ‘Seni’s law’ is an important opportunity to reduce dangerous restraint and increase accountability in mental health units
Press releases, 2 November 2017 - Hillsborough families say new report could ‘mean Grenfell families will never have to go through what we did’
INQUEST in the media, 2 November 2017 - Hillsborough could help victims of Grenfell Tower get justice as report on the tragedy paves the way for bereaved families to get legal aid at inquests
INQUEST in the media, 1 November 2017 - Official review backs ‘Hillsborough law’ proposals
INQUEST in the media, 1 November 2017
Benjamin Zephaniah
Stats Watch
This year:
Our casework team has opened 451 cases (to 2 November 2017).
There have been:
- 38 deaths involving the police, including 6 fatal shootings (to 1 November 2017).
- 220 deaths in prison, including 55 self-inflicted deaths, 1 homicide and 6 women (to 1 November 2017).
- 4 deaths in immigration detention and 2 self-inflicted deaths of immigration detainees in prison (to 25 October 2017).
(All figures refer to England & Wales only).
What
people say
‘I very much admire the Co-Directors of INQUEST who have committed their professional lives to speaking up for bereaved families and helping them seeking justice for their loved ones.They work every day with the victims of tragic circumstances and I think we can all learn from their strength, tenacity and professionalism.’
– Katy Swaine, former Legal Director for Children’s Rights Alliance for England