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.
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