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.

Deborah Coles, director of the Inquest charity, said: “Annabella was a black woman with multiple vulnerabilities.

“That she came to die a preventable death in such appalling circumstances is shameful.

“This is the second recent inquest to show private provider Sodexo’s shocking failures to meet the basic healthcare needs of women in prison.

“Sodexo continue to profit from running harmful services. We call on the government to urgently review their prison contracts.”
 
Megan Phillips of Bhatt Murphy Solicitors, who represented the family, said: “This case has revealed shocking failures by both discipline and healthcare staff at HMP Peterborough.”