Section one Context Northern Ireland Independent Monitoring Boards (Northern Ireland) (IMBNI) Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJINI) Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) Northern Ireland Policing Board Independent Custody Visiting Scheme (NIPBICVS) The table below provides a general overview of the NPM members responsible for monitoring each type of detention in each jurisdiction in the UK. It should be noted that the Office of the Children’s Commissioner for England has the right to enter any premises, except a private dwelling, for the purpose of interviewing any child accommodated or cared for there. Similarly, the Scottish Human Rights Commission has a broad power to enter and inspect any place of detention in the context of an inquiry into the policies or practices of Scottish public authorities. England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland HMIP with CQC & Ofsted IMB HMIP with HIW IMB HMIPS CJINI & HMIP with RQIA IMBNI Police custody HMIC & HMIP ICVA HMIC & HMIP ICVA HMICS ICVS CJINI with RQIA NIPBICVS Court custody HMIP HMIP HMIPS CJINI Children in secure accommodation Ofsted ( jointly with HMIP for secure training centres) CSSIW CI RQIA CJINI Detention under mental health law CQC HIW MWCS RQIA Deprivation of liberty safeguards CQC HIW CSSIW n/a n/a Immigration detention HMIP IMB HMIP IMB HMIP IMB HMIP IMB Military detention3 HMIP HMIP HMIP HMIP HMIC and HMIP HMIC and HMIP HMIC and HMIP HMIC and HMIP Prisons Customs custody facilities 3 Inspections of military detention facilities are by invitation only – HMIP does not have a statutory right of access. Not all military detention facilities are inspected as yet. 9

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