Dr. Mulgrew presents recommendations on prisoner death data to Council for Penological Cooperation Plenary

Nov 07 2024 Posted: 17:04 GMT

Dr. Mulgrew and Professor Tomczak (University of Nottingham) presented their research findings on prisoner death data to the Council of Penological Cooperation Working Group and representatives from Council of Europe member States.

The Plenary session was held in Strasbourg from 5-7 of November 2024.

Based on their 2023 article ‘Making Prisoner Deaths Visible: Towards a New Epistemological Approach’, Mulgrew and Tomczak shared their core recommendations for improving the evidence base for prisoner death prevention policy from their policy brief, Improving Prisoner Death Statistics (Council of Europe), February 2024.

They call for comprehensive, disaggregated and contextualised data on prisoner deaths in order to reduce or prevent preventable deaths in prisons.

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