Mum tells of last visit before son found hanged
The mother of a prisoner found hanged in a segregation cell warned officers of her son’s mental state after noticing marks on his neck just days before he died, an inquest heard.
Worried Caroline Bailey contacted prison staff after her son, Michael Bailey, admitted to her that he had been harming himself at HMP Rye Hill, near Rugby. Mrs Bailey told the inquest in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, that her son’s behaviour during the visit on March 22 2005 was “not right”.
She said he looked unkempt, was reciting hymns and had stab marks on his hands and scabs around his neck. Mrs Bailey told the jury that she informed a female prison officer about the marks following the visit.
She said: “I thought she would deal with it, either pass it on or go and check for herself, not just leave it. “I was worried, very worried. I was very scared – I did not know what was happening and I had not seen anything like this before with Michael or anybody.”
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