Rapist who died at Forest Bank prison got 'poor standard' of mental health care after he was jailed for life

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A convicted rapist serving a life sentence died in custody from 'self-inflicted wounds and associated blood loss', but his 'intentions were unclear and unknown' at the time, a coroner has ruled after an inquest.

A subsequent report, however, has found the mental health care he received in prison was 'of a poor standard' and 'not equivalent to that which he could have expected to receive in the community'.

The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO), which investigates deaths in custody, said in a now-published report the management of a sudden mental health crisis Vasile Nastase suffered a day before his death at Forest Bank prison in Salford was 'very poor'. READ MORE: Their promises have been broken...

we've been let down once again READ MORE: Labour win 'seismic' Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election after crushing SNP Healthcare bosses at the prison in Pendlebury, which is managed by Sodexo Justice Services who also provide primary health care services there, have been urged to abide by a series of recommendations, including commissioning an investigation into a decision made by a nurse not to complete an emergency mental health assessment on him on that day.