A child inmate has died at a young offenders’ institution, with his partner claiming he was a victim of violence inside the prison.
The 16-year-old boy was said to have been found unresponsive in his cell at Feltham Young Offenders’ Institute, in south-west London, on Monday.
Prison staff called for an ambulance and the teenager was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead two hours later.
His girlfriend, who asked not to be named, said the teenager suffered from a heart condition but did not believe this was the cause of his death.
And when she was asked to examine the body, she
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