Document Category: Letters
Letter to Lord Timpson – ligatures
Minister for Border Security and Asylum response to IAPDC – safe capacity and detention safeguards
Letter from Dame Angela Eagle MP, Minister for Border Security and Asylum, in response to a letter from Lynn Emslie, Chair of the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody, about the recent number of deaths across the immigration detention estate, the adequacy of safeguards, and the importance of cross-sector learning and collaboration.
Policing Minister response to IAPDC – post-custody suicides, Right Care, Right Person, and diversion away from custody
Letter from Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP, Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire, in response to a letter from Lynn Emslie, Chair of the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody, about the consistently high number of apparent suicides following police custody, timely care and support for people experiencing a mental health crisis, and diversion away from the criminal justice system.
Letter to Border Security and Asylum Minister – safe capacity and detention safeguards
Letter to Dame Angela Eagle DBE MP, Minister for Border Security and Asylum, outlining our concerns regarding the recent number of deaths across the immigration detention estate, the adequacy of safeguards, and the importance of cross-sector learning and collaboration.
Letter to Policing Minister – post custody suicides, Right Care, Right Person, and diversion away from custody
Letter to Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP, Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire, outlining our concerns regarding the consistently high number of apparent suicides following police custody, timely care and support for people experiencing a mental health crisis, and diversion away from the criminal justice system.
Letter to Chief Medical Officer – public health in detention
Letter to the Chief Medical Officer outlining our concerns about health disparities and gaps in the delivery and oversight of public health outcomes in places of detention.
Letter to Mental Health Minister – data on deaths, independent investigations, reform of the Mental Health Act, and access to mental health services
Letter to Baroness Merron, Minister for Patient Safety, Women's Health and Mental Health, outlining our concerns regarding a lack of data and independent investigation of deaths under the Mental Health Act, timely and appropriate access to mental health services, and reform of the Mental Health Act.
Letter to Prisons Minister – prison capacity and safety
Letter to Lord Timpson OBE, Minister of State for Prisons, Parole and Probation, outlining our concerns about prison capacity and safety, and the need for a policy decision-making redline to ensure prison numbers cannot exceed the ability of the prison service to safely manage individuals under its care.
TA – HMPPS response to recommendations
HMPPS response to the independent investigation in the case of 'TA'.