A black prisoner with mental health difficulties died after being restrained by guards and his pleas that he could not breathe were ignored, an inquest has heard.Wayne Bayley, 43, died on May 17, 2022, six days after he had been remanded to HMP Pentonville in north London.An inquest heard he complained on the day of his death that his new cell was unclean, and guards decided he had to be restrained before being moved to a segregation unit.The health of Mr Bayley, who had sickle cell disease, a delusional disorder, and epilepsy, began to deteriorate after he was restrained, and he repeatedly told prison workers that he was struggling to breathe.A jury at Bow coroner’s court concluded that neglect played a part in Mr Bayley’s death ten hours later.
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00:00An inquest has heard a black prisoner with mental health difficulties died
00:04after being restrained by guards as his pleas that he could not breathe were ignored.
00:08Wayne Bailey, 43, died on May 17, 2022, six days after he had been remanded to H&P Pentonville
00:16in North London. An inquest heard he complained on the day of his death that his new cell was
00:22unclean and guards decided that he had to be restrained before being moved to a segregation
00:27unit. The health of Bailey, who had sickle cell disease, a delusional disorder and epilepsy,
00:33began to deteriorate after he was restrained. Bailey repeatedly told prison workers that he
00:38was struggling to breathe. A jury at Bow Coroner's Court concluded that neglect played a part in
00:44Bailey's death 10 hours later. The inquest was told Bailey collapsed as he was being transferred
00:50to the segregation unit and when he said that he could not breathe he was subjected to a forcible
00:55strip search. Officers cut off his clothes instead of rushing him off for medical care.
01:01After seven hours in segregation, Bailey was moved to the healthcare unit and collapsed again
01:06on the transfer, needing a wheelchair to complete the journey. Bailey asked to see a doctor and
01:12repeated that he could not breathe, but vital observations were again not taken and he was
01:17provided with no further care. Three hours later he was found unresponsive and died shortly before
01:24midnight.