A new Learning Lessons bulletin from the Prisons & Probation Ombudsman summarises research from investigations where a prisoner’s death was caused by epilepsy or was diagnosed with epilepsy.

Join us for a powerful screening of 'Mikey', one of the four docufilms in the Project HEAL series from Black Thrive Haringey. The film is a deeply personal story about injustice, grief, and healing.

We are pleased to announce that The National Lottery Community Fund has awarded £19,984 in grant funding to the NMPMFF to further the commitments from our Development Plans.

As part of Unjust Deaths, INQUEST have brought together a group of bereaved people, engaged artists, campaigners, journalists and others to form a Memorialisation Working Group.

The chair of England's first public inquiry into mental health deaths, Baroness Lampard, has vowed to "seek out the truth" - despite difficulties getting documents from the NHS.

The mother of a man shot dead by police in a London Underground station after being mistaken for a terrorist has said “everyone should watch” a new dramatisation of her son’s killing.

Families of people who died in police custody in the United Kingdom held the first public People’s Tribunal on the 5th & 6th of April 2025 at Regent's University in Central London.

Four more prisoners serving Public Protection sentences have taken their own lives, taking the number to 94. Another 37 released IPPs took their own lives in the five years to 2024.

The People’s Tribunal on Police Killings has emerged as a radical grassroots initiative led by families of those killed by the police in the UK, with more than 3000 deaths over 50 years.

"Criminal prosecutions brought against police officers are extremely rare and these decisions are only made after careful consideration of all the relevant evidence and circumstances."

One in five deaths are preventable every year. But, less than 1% have a coroners’ Prevention of Future Deaths report (PFD) written and sent to individuals or organisations.

Mikey’s cousin and prominent activist and social justice campaigner, Tippa Naphtali, previously wrote the following moving article to commemorate the 15th anniversary of his death.

The People’s Tribunal on Police Killings are making a national call out to any families whose loved ones have died at the hands of the police or after contact with the police.

A recent investigation by the Observer has revealed widespread use of disputed medical terms in explaining deaths following police restraint incidents in the United Kingdom.

The first NMPMFF Annual Gala Campaigners Awards for 2023 (in conjunction with INQUEST) took place in November 2023, combining three significant events in-one.

Here we want to share some of the historic and pivotal moments for the the National Mikey Powell Memorial Family Fund (NMPMFF) over the last five plus years.

Every year hundreds die preventable deaths at the hands of police, in prison, or in the care of mental health services in the UK. Some you’ll know, Most you won’t.

The first NMPMFF Annual Gala Dinner & Campaigners Awards for 2023 (entitled 40-20-1) will take place on 25 November 2023 at the Legacy Centre, Birmingham.

Mikey Powell's 20th year memorial will be marked by a joint event in November which combines INQUEST's 40th year, a dedication to Mikey, and the Annual Activists Awards.