Secure video calls will be introduced to prisons and young offender institutions across England and Wales (following a successful trial at HMP Berwyn) to maintain vital family contact for prisoners and young offenders during the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading
Category Archives: Policy & Reform
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on the UK
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment has published the report on its visit to the UK, in May 2019, and response of UK authorities. Continue reading
Families face shocking injustice over legal aid for inquests, campaigners say
Grieving families are facing a “shocking” injustice when trying to get legal aid funding for the inquest of a loved one who died in state care, campaigners claims. Continue reading
INQUEST responds to IPCC annual statistics for deaths during or following police contact
In the financial year 2016/17 the IPCC recorded 14 deaths in or following police custody, 6 police shootings, an increase to 32 deaths relating to police pursuit in road traffic incidents, and 55 apparent suicides following custody. Continue reading