Lewes Prison

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First report 2 Jun 2023•Latest report 2 Jun 2023

Reports, concerns and published responses

Reports over time

Reports naming this recipient by issue year.

* 2026 is projected from reports observed to 7 Sep 2026.

Reports
1

Naming this recipient

Published responses
0%

Found for named reports

Concerns addressed
0

Across all linked responses

Stated actions
0

Described in responses

Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from Lewes Prison linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

  1. East Sussex

    AI-generated summary

    Andrew DEAN · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    On 26 March 2021, Andrew Dean was found with a ligature around his neck in a cell at HMP Lewes and was declared dead later that morning. The concerns related to the lack of clearly defined processes for ensuring that new prisoners could successfully make first contact with family members and for logging and responding to incoming calls from family members concerned about a prisoner’s safety or requesting a welfare check.

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    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Lewes Prison; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of clearly defined processes for new prisoners to make first contact with family members when first-night contact does not take place

    Wider context from the report

    “I am concerned that there are no clearly defined processes to ensure that new prisoners can successfully make first contact with family members (when this does not take place on the first night) and for logging and handling incoming calls to the central switchboard from family members with concerns about a prisoner’s safety and/or requesting a welfare check. ”
    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Lewes Prison; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of clearly defined processes for logging and handling safety-related incoming calls to the central switchboard from family members

    Wider context from the report

    “I am concerned that there are no clearly defined processes to ensure that new prisoners can successfully make first contact with family members (when this does not take place on the first night) and for logging and handling incoming calls to the central switchboard from family members with concerns about a prisoner’s safety and/or requesting a welfare check. ”
    Open source report
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Data last updated 7 September 2026