Report of the Inquiry into the circumstances of the Death of Bernard ...

4.25 The report to the Governor (Form F254) reads:
“At 1320 on 27.6.98…I told... [Prison No.].. .to extinguish a cigarette …he had lit in the
toilet. He ignored me. I then told him to put his cigarette out, due to it being a non
smoking zone. He turned towards me and pushed me causing me to lose my balance…”
4.26 The notice appears to have been completed by Officer Brownley and is signed in
his name with a signature which appears similar to his. However, Mr Brownley told the
inquiry that he did not complete the notice and that the signature is not his.
The Inmate Medical Record
4.27 The medical officer at Garth examined Mr Lodge on 29 June. He drew a diagram
in the continuous medical record indicating a linear bruise at the side of his neck. There
is no comment on the diagram.
4.28 Officer Brownley, Officer Clucas and Mr Routledge said they were not aware of
the bruise to Mr Lodge’s neck and could not say whether it occurred during the restraint.
Records that were not completed
4.29 Prison Service policy at the time required certain other records to be completed
about an incident of this kind. The inquiry could not locate any evidence that they were
completed at the time and none of the witnesses suggested that they had been. The
records in question were:
Prison Service form F213 Injury to Inmate
This form is used to report injury to prisoners and can be completed by any
member of staff. There was no F113 Injury to Inmate form in Mr Lodge’s medical
record or any other file seen by the inquiry and it has not been suggested that
one was completed.
The Prison Service says that if there was a mark on Mr Lodge an enquiry should
have been made by staff into the nature and circumstances of how it was caused
and appropriate paperwork raised if it was deemed an injury.
Use of Force records
There were no records about the use of control and restraint on Mr Lodge at the
hospital. Officer Clucas told the inquiry that when he returned to the prison he
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