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Inmate’s death sparks call for urgent review

A LEADING charity has called on the government to “urgently review their prison contracts” with French transnational Sodexo following the death of a 45-year-old woman shortly after her release.

Annabella Landsberg, a diabetic, collapsed at Sodexo-run HMP Peterborough on September 2 2017.

An inquest jury at Huntingdon town hall found yesterday that “failures” by the company’s staff had contributed to Ms Landsberg not receiving vital medical treatment for her illness.

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