A 34-year-old prisoner, Calum Inglis, dies at HMP Addiewell in October 2021 after testing positive for Covid-19, and criminal charges are later admitted involving the prison contractor and the health board. The Evening Standard and Daily Record report comments from the prisoner’s family, who describe his treatment as worse than an animal.
BBC News says Inglis died just weeks before he was due to be released from the prison for a conviction for serious assault. The Evening Standard and BBC both state that Sodexo and the Lothian health board have admitted criminal charges connected to the death. The Daily Record similarly reports that Inglis died alone in his cell.
Across outlets, the core points largely match: the death at HMP Addiewell, Inglis’s age, the Covid-19 context, and the admission of criminal charges by Sodexo and the Lothian health board. The main differences lie in emphasis—family characterizations in the Evening Standard, the “alone in his cell” detail in the Daily Record, and the planned release timing and sentence context highlighted by the BBC.
