Ryan Clark, who died in April 2011 after being found unconscious in his cell at Wetherby Young Offender Institution (YOI), was the first child to die in youth custody for four years.
An inquest jury this week found that a string of failures contributed to Ryan's death:
In light of the verdict, campaign organisation Inquest reiterated calls for a major review of deaths of young people in custody to be staged.
The jury concluded that Ryan’s actions were a “cry for help” due to the amount of verbal abuse and physical threats he was experiencing, rather then intentional suicide, and ruled by majority that his death was accidental.
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