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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Dead inmate's 'appalling' ordeal

Dead inmate's 'appalling' ordeal



The treatment of a Ukrainian man who died while on suicide watch in jail was "appalling and at times unacceptable", a coroner has said.

"Aleksey Baranovsky, 33, died while on suicide watch at HMP Rye Hill, Warwickshire, in June 2006.

He had been eligible for parole but was due to be deported upon his release and had been self-harming in protest.

A jury found there were serious failures and inadequacies that contributed to the death.

Assistant deputy coroner for Northamptonshire Tom Osbourne made his comments as the jury returned its verdict".

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