THE SISTER of a builder found hanged in his Chelmsford prison cell says all inmates deserve equal care, whatever their conviction.
Charlie Roe's brother Wayne, 29, of Southend, died on Sunday, March 23, two days into his 12-week term for assaulting his girlfriend.
The 27-year-old said: "The way I see it is at the end of the day, they have committed the offence but that doesn't mean that the duty of care that they have been given should be anything less."
The family believe Wayne, who had previously tried to kill himself, should have been kept on close watch by officers.
Two weeks ago the prison finally passed them a suicide letter left by Wayne.
"It didn't provide any closure, not really, because they told us it was a letter when in fact it was a couple of sentences scribbled on a bit of paper," she said.
"It was one sentence for my mum and one for his girlfriend when we were led to believe it was a proper letter.
"They should have given that to us straight away and not made us wait."
An inquest into Wayne's death is expected to take place later this year.
