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IAPDC in the media

IAPDC in the media 2024

Why we must ensure early release doesn’t lead to more people back in prison

An article by Lynn Emslie in Inside Time, 1 October 2024

New Prisons Minister brings opportunities for change

An article by Lynn Emslie in Inside Time, 30 August 2024

Receiving the right care in the right place at the right time

An article by Lynn Emslie in Inside Time, 2 June 2024

Indefinite prison sentences are still a stain on our justice system

An article in the Independent, 27 April 2024

People detained under the Mental Health Act dying at three times the rate of those held in prisons

An article in the Independent, 23 April 2024

What are your priorities for keeping prisoners safe?

An article by Lynn Emslie in Inside Time, 2 April 2024

Prisons must learn from ligature risk reduction in other detention setting

An article by Lynn Emslie in Inside Time, 1 February 2024

IAPDC in the media 2023

The personal impact of a national crisis

An article by Lynn Emslie in Inside Time, 1 December 2023

More than a paper exercise

An article in Mental Health Cop, 20 October 2023

Coroners’ warning loophole branded a ‘systemic scandal’ amid calls for overhaul

An article in the Standard, 16 October 2023

Victims forced to wait a decade for compensation from criminals as unpaid fines hit record £1.5bn

An article in the Telegraph, 16 October 2023

UK strategy for preventing repeat deaths ’a systemic scandal’

An article in the Independent, 16 October 2023

Grieving families’ plea to stop preventable deaths

Article in the Express, 16 October 2023

Influencing the new national suicide prevention strategy

An article by Lynn Emslie in Inside Time, 2 October 2023

Staff shortages an issue amid ‘deeply worrying’ prison deaths in England

An article in the Guardian, 16 September 2023

Tackling obstacles to learning from police-related deaths

An article by Lynn Emslie in Learning the Lessons magazine by IOPC, 23 August 2023

Supporting prisoners and staff

An article by Lynn Emslie in Inside Time, 31 July 2023

Jailed for being unwell

An article by Lynn Emslie in Inside Time, 30 June 2023

Dying with dignity

An article by Lynn Emslie in Inside Time, 31 May 2023

Watchdog: ‘Ministers blocked Covid jabs for prisoners’

An article in Inside Time, 9 May 2023

Prisons haven’t really recovered from Covid

An article in Inside Time, 2 May 2023

The long road to a trauma-informed criminal justice system

An article in PoliticsHome, 24 April 2023

‘Lack of activities may drive prisoners to suicide’

An article in Inside Time, 24 April 2023

More Than One Person A Month Has Died In Custody This Year

An article in EachOther, 21 April 2023

Prisons are in crisis, union warns, as prisons minister grilled by MPs over staff shortages

An article in Morning Star, 18 April 2023

Policing and mental health: Getting the partnership right to prevent deaths

An article by Lynn Emslie in Policing Insight, 7 April 2023

Thousands of people like me are locked up with no fixed release date all because of New Labour’s political arms race

An article in the Guardian, 4 April 2023

Working together to keep people safe

An article by Lynn Emslie in Inside Time, 3 April 2023

Prisoners’ mental and physical health at ‘historically low levels’

An article in The Justice Gap, 3 February 2023

Thanks and farewell

An article by Juliet Lyon in Inside Time, 3 January 2023

IAPDC in the media 2022

Advisory Panel calls for stronger partnerships on mental health to prevent deaths in and after police custody

An article by Policing Insight, 16 December 2022

Avoidable deaths in police custody

An article by the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, 5 December 2022

Your ideas to prevent suicide

An article by Juliet Lyon in Inside Time, 1 December 2022

Unanswered Questions Over Rwanda Scheme, Watchdog to Tell Next Home Secretary

An article in Bloomberg, 4 September 2022

Feeling the heat

An article by Juliet Lyon in Inside Time, 1 August 2022

Raab takes power to veto compassionate releases

An article in Inside Time, 14 March 2022

Keeping Safe in February and beyond

An article by Juliet Lyon in Inside Time, 1 February 2022

Watchdog calls on government to make prevent prison deaths ‘top priority’

An article in The Justice Gap, 10 February 2022

The way substance misuse is handled in UK prisons ‘needs to be overhauled to prevent avoidable deaths’

An article in iNews, 17 January 2022

Preventing alcohol and drug-related deaths in the Criminal Justice System

An article by Russell Webster, 14 January 2022

The way substance misuse is handled in UK prisons ‘needs to be overhauled to prevent avoidable deaths’

An article in The Justice Gap, 14 January 2022