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A death sentence? The inmates dying after poor prison healthcare. \\nMore prisoners are dying in jail \\u2013 even after you account for the growing - and ageing -prison population. Many of those found to be so-called \\u2018natural cause deaths\\u2019 are relatively young: more than a third are aged between 35 and 54.\\nThose who\\u2019ve been behind bars a short time are at greatest risk\\u2026with health records often not consulted and vital medication delayed, sometimes for months.\\nFile on 4 investigates cases where failings in the prison healthcare system contributed to the deaths of inmates \\u2013 all aged under 50. Their deaths followed basic, shocking, errors: unopened medical records, hospital appointments missed, prisoners not given vital medication - or given the wrong medication that made their condition worse. Prisoners who became gravely ill accused of \\u2018faking it\\u2019.\\nThe programme hears from the family of prisoners, a prison health worker who\\u2019s concerned about a lack of resources and the impact of measures to contain Covid. And from experts who say recommendations made time and time again following avoidable deaths simply aren\\u2019t being implemented \\u2013 putting more prisoners at risk in the future.

Reporter: Jane Deith\\nProducer: Ben Robinson\\nEditor: Nicola Addyman