# Garrick Pierson

Type: Person

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## Timeline

- **2026-07-09**: Ombudsman report published — The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman publishes findings that medication management failings and inadequate mental-health support contributed to Pierson's death.
- **2024-09-23**: Fatal overdose reported — Shortly after 1am, his cellmate alerts staff; ambulance called at 1.23am, paramedics arrive at 2.44am; Pierson dies at approximately 4.40am at John Radcliffe Hospital.
- **2024-07-30**: ACCT monitoring ended — Pierson's ACCT monitoring concludes, but he continues to keep prescribed headache tablets in his possession without a fresh in-possession medication risk review.
- **2024-06-04**: Remand and ACCT placement — Garrick Pierson is remanded to HMP Bullingdon charged with sexual offences and placed under ACCT monitoring due to mental-health history and high suicide risk.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### 34-year-old died after HMP Bullingdon meds failings: report
2026-08-12 17:37:54 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2

A Prisons and Probation Ombudsman report found inadequate in-possession medication risk assessment and mental-health support at HMP Bullingdon contributed to Garrick Pierson's death. The clinical review concluded care fell below community standards, raising duty-of-care, Article 2 investigative, and civil liability implications.
Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/hmp-bullingdon-medication-failings-death-ppo-report

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