A homicide investigation has been launched after an inmate was discovered useless at HMP Stoke Heath in Shropshire this morning, Tuesday 1 July.
Emergency providers had been alerted round 7.40 am after a person in his 40s was discovered useless inside his cell. Officers from West Mercia Police swiftly attended the scene.
Following preliminary inquiries, a 26-year-old man, additionally an inmate at HMP Stoke Heath, was arrested on suspicion of homicide. He stays in custody.
Superintendent Carl Moore stated, “Our ideas are with the household of the person who has misplaced his life.
“An investigation has begun to ascertain the total circumstances of his dying. I can affirm that the person arrested on suspicion of homicide can be an inmate and he stays in custody.”
The jail service is anticipated to conduct its personal inner investigation alongside the police investigation.