An investigation has been launched after a prisoner died at HMP Styal.
A spokesman for the prison service confirmed that inmate Eileen McDonagh died in custody at the all-female jail, in Cheshire, yesterday (Saturday July 2).
The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, an independent body that investigates death in custody, has been informed of the death, the prison service confirmed.
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A Prison Service spokesperson said: “HMP Styal prisoner Eileen McDonagh died in custody on 2 July and our condolences are with her family. The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has been informed.”
HMP Styal, a former orphanage, was first opened as a women’s prison in 1962 to serve female inmates from Strangeways, in Manchester. Since 2001, at least eleven women have died while in custody.
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