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INQUEST is the only charity providing expertise on state related deaths and their investigation to bereaved people, lawyers, advice and support agencies, the media and parliamentarians. Read more
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We provide free and independent advice to bereaved people following a death in state care or detention in England and Wales, and in other cases where wider issues of state and corporate accountability are in question. Read more

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NEWS: INQUEST submits evidence to Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights COVID-19 inquiry

31 July 2020 Read more

News: "The pain is perpetuated because there are so many Sean Riggs and George Floyds"

31 July 2020 Read more

New statistics on deaths and self-harm expose perilous state of prisons

30 July 2020 Read more

NEWS: The National Memorial Family Fund is open for grant applications

10 July 2020 Read more

'The world is watching': families speak out in light of Black Lives Matter

8 July 2020 Read more

Three years since the Grenfell Tower Fire

14 June 2020 Read more

Civil rights and civil liberties lawyers and campaigners stand with family of George Floyd and Black Lives Matter

12 June 2020 Read more

NEWS: government responds to coalitions call to #Release2SaveLives

10 June 2020 Read more

INQUEST stands in solidarity with the family of George Floyd

4 June 2020 Read more

Chief Coroners guidance will stymie and limit investigations into COVID-19 deaths of frontline workers

29 May 2020 Read more

Government responds to the Anthony Grainger Inquiry

19 May 2020 Read more

COVID-19: transparency on deaths in mental health and learning disability settings

11 May 2020 Read more

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NEWS: INQUEST submits evidence to Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights COVID-19 inquiry

31 July 2020
News: "The pain is perpetuated because there are so many Sean Riggs and George Floyds"

31 July 2020
New statistics on deaths and self-harm expose perilous state of prisons

30 July 2020
November 2018 newsletter

Including Royal Assent of Seni's law, failures in prison healthcare, ongoing work with global campaigns, deaths in immigration detention, and more.

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Jury finds series of failings contributed to self-inflicted death of 22-year-old woman on mental health ward

25 July 2018
Deaths in police custody
Deaths in prison
About INQUEST

INQUEST is the only charity providing expertise on state related deaths and their investigation to bereaved people, lawyers, advice and support agencies, the media and parliamentarians.
Work for us
Family of Gaia Pope call for answers as the IOPC announce investigation into Dorset Police following the death of the missing teenager

6 April 2018
Help and advice

We provide free and independent advice to bereaved people following a death in state care or detention in England and Wales, and in other cases where wider issues of state and corporate accountability are in question.
Useful resources

INQUEST has produced two invaluable resources for families and friends going through an inquest, and for those who would like to know more about their rights following a death.
Coroner concludes care of Oliver McGowan was ‘appropriate’ despite parents pleas not to use medication which led to the teenagers death

20 April 2018
BAME deaths in police custody

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Now or Never! Legal aid for inquests

Join the campaign demanding automatic non means tested funding for legal representation following state related deaths. #LegalAidForInquests Read more