‘Missed opportunities’ to prevent woman’s death in prison cell fire, inquest finds

Clare Dupree, 48, who had severe mental illness, died after using a vape to start blaze at prison in Gloucestershire

There were “missed opportunities” that could have prevented the death of a woman with severe mental illness from “sustained inhalation of smoke” after a fire in her prison cell, an inquest has found.

Clare Dupree, 48, from Cardiff, died after she used a vape to start a fire at HMP Eastwood Park in Gloucestershire just after Christmas 2022.