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On Thursday 22nd September 2011, 11 families (comprising 19 family members and friends), who have direct experience of the investigation and inquest system following the death of a relative whilst in mental health detention, met members of the Independent Advisory Panel (IAP) on Deaths in Custody (and representatives of its secretariat).