"At just 25 years old, her daughter, Alex Davies, was found dead in her segregation cell at Styal prison in Cheshire on Christmas Eve last year. She had been sent to prison after pleading guilty to offences including criminal damage and possession of a knife, which she had committed while in mental health crisis. The expectation was that when Alex was sentenced, she would receive a hospital order, and four separate psychiatrists had recommended that she be transferred to hospital before sentence."
"Alex had been diagnosed with severe borderline personality disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder from sexual abuse, and had struggled with her mental health for most of her life. As a young child, she had been outgoing and confident, but at the age of about three, she disclosed she had been sexually abused. Stacie said: From that day, for the rest of Alex's life, she was very unwell."
"Despite her struggles in life, Alex was kind, generous, and funny. She was close to her four siblings, and so well loved in her Liverpool home town that at her funeral, Stacie said: We had to open the back doors to let everyone in, 13 cars followed the hearse, I was overwhelmed, I couldn't believe it. Growing up, Alex was also an incredibly talented footballer, who might even have had a professional career."
Alex Davies, aged 25, was found dead in a segregation cell at Styal prison on Christmas Eve after being sent to prison for offences committed during a mental health crisis. Four separate psychiatrists recommended transfer to hospital before sentence and a hospital order was expected; a timely move within the recommended 28 days would have removed her from Styal by 23 December. Alex had severe borderline personality disorder and PTSD stemming from childhood sexual abuse and had long struggled with mental health. She was close to her family, widely mourned in her Liverpool community, and had shown notable footballing talent.
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