Category: Cross cutting
IAPDC responds to the King’s Speech
We welcome the inclusion of legislation to reform and modernise the Mental Health Act in the King’s Speech delivered at the state opening of parliament yesterday. This is a long overdue and much-needed reform for which we have been calling for several years.
IAPDC finds death rates in prisons and under the Mental Health Act disproportionately high
We have today published our latest statistical analysis of deaths in custody which finds that people in state detention are at a significantly increased risk of death compared with the general population, with the rates of deaths in prisons and Mental Health Act (MHA) detention particularly high.
New IAPDC workplan sets out priorities for preventing deaths in custody
Today we are publishing our workplan which sets out our priorities for 2024/25. We have committed to driving forward a number of key projects – spanning all the main areas of state detention – with the central aim of preventing both natural and self-inflicted deaths.
More must be done to ensure Prevention of Future Death reports live up to their name, says IAPDC
The IAPDC has today published its report, “More than a paper exercise” – Enhancing the impact of Prevention of Future Death Reports.
Greater focus and ambition needed to prevent suicide in detention
The Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody (IAPDC) welcomes the publication of the Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) cross-government and cross-sector approach to preventing suicide.
IAPDC publishes the Spring edition of its newsletter
The IAPDC has published the Spring edition of its newsletter which is shared with members of the Practitioner and Stakeholder Group (PSG).
IAPDC publishes new workplan
The IAPDC has agreed a new interim workplan outlining key work to be delivered between April and October 2023 to prevent deaths in all forms of state custody.
IAPDC submits evidence on deaths in custody data to UN Special Rapporteur
The IAPDC recently submitted written evidence to the ‘call for input’ on deaths in custody by the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary, or arbitrary executions, Morris Tidball-Binz. The Panel’s evidence sets out existing practices for data collection on deaths in prisons, immigration detention, police custody, and the deaths of patients detained under the Mental Health Act.
Juliet Lyon, former IAPDC Chair, publishes her end of term report
Former IAPDC Chair, Juliet Lyon, has today published an end of term report.
IAPDC asks for urgent response to life-threatening heat in custody
Juliet Lyon, chair of the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody (IAPDC) has today (Monday 18 July) written to the Rt Hon Kit Malthouse MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, to request an urgent response to the current severe heat warning as it relates to the safety of people in custody.