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Similarly, at another inquest in December, it was found that neglect and a failure to procure basic medical attention contributed to the death of Haydar Jefferies. Haydar took his own life in HMP Coldingley in February 2023. Shortly before his death, he was observed naked on all fours in his cell, barking like a dog, in the throes of severe depression and suffering acute psychosis, yet staff did not provide him with any medical attention. That is, of course, shocking, but perhaps more shocking is that Mr Jefferies’s mental health rapidly deteriorated after he was recalled to prison, having successfully rebuilt his life on the outside. The recall, based on an unproven and later withdrawn allegation, was under the terms of that discredited and abolished sentencing regime, IPP. What is more, the coroner noted that the postponed parole hearings—plural—