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‘It is time for a thorough review of the impact of extreme imprisonment on the mental and physical health of people detained by the state’, say independent government advisory panel and health and justice partners

The Public Appointments Team are looking for a new chair lead the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody (IAPDC).

The IAPDC has today submitted a response to the Prisons Strategy White Paper.

The IAPDC has today published its mid-term report.

The Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody (IAPDC), in collaboration with National Prison Radio (NPR), undertook a project to gather views from people in prison on their feelings about – and concerns about – emerging from lockdown.

The IAPDC have published and distributed the winter edition of their newsletter to members of the Practitioner and Stakeholder Group (PSG).

The Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody IAPDC) are looking for a new expert panel member to lead and embed work to reduce deaths in all forms of state custody.

The IAPDC hosted a self-harm in prison seminar on Wednesday 24 February 2021.

On Thursday 22 September, the IOPC published data in relation to deaths in custody during 19/20. As detailed below they follow a relatively similar trend from last year.