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Learning from bereaved families

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Following the publication of the Angiolini Review into Deaths and Serious Incidents in Police Custody, the IAPDC submitted a paper to the Ministerial Board on Deaths in Custody on improving performance and accountability.

This paper represents the IAPDC’s initial thinking on how learning from bereaved families can best be drawn upon to improve the ability of the state to respond to the recommendations it receives after a death in custody or detention.