Why do so many more prisoners die in custody?

Police Commissions says 23 people died in English and Welsh prisons last year, the highest for a decade

A prison guard at HMP Pentonville in London
(Image credit: Ian Waldie/Getty Images)

The number of people dying in police custody in England and Wales has soared to its highest level in a decade, new figures from the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) reveal.

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