Prisoner who killed himself 'told staff voices were telling him to do so'

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Michael Berry, 27, died two days after he was remanded in HMP Bedford, report says

A mentally ill prisoner who killed himself after spending two days in jail had told staff he was finding it hard to ignore the “voices” telling him to do so, a report has found.

Michael Berry, 27, was deemed to be “high risk” when he was remanded at HMP Bedford in March 2017, appearing “distressed, hopeless, teary and prone to acting impulsively”, the report notes. Berry was in a “fragile” state and detoxifying from heroin and crack cocaine use.

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