National Preventive Mechanism Eleventh Annual Report 2019–20 the implications for prisoners with autism and revised assessment, care in custody and teamwork (ACCT) processes. In early 2020, IMBs also gave evidence at the inquest of Prince Fosu, a 31-yearold man who died at Harmondsworth immigration removal centre in 2012. The jury was critical of all the agencies involved, including the then IMB. Training, guidance and support for Boards has been strengthened in the eight years since Mr Fosu’s death and the learning from the inquest has been fed into further training and guidance for IMBs. • ICVA responded to the Home Office consultation regarding changes to PACE Codes C and H on menstrual care. In May 2019, ICVA’s CEO gave evidence to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on women in the penal system where she shared information on the treatment of women in police custody. • The IRTL recommended that the practice of waking TACT detainees to check on their condition is revisited. He also recommended that any time during which an individual is detained under PACE should be taken into account when calculating the maximum time for detention under Schedule 8 of the Terrorism Act 2000. • LO responded to the Justice Select Committee consultation on children and young people in the justice system, highlighting their areas of serious concern including: poor quality and incompleteness of PERs; failures to prioritise children and young people for court appearances; excessive length of time spent in isolation in custody suites; and inappropriate use of handcuffing. • MWCS entered legal proceedings as an Interested Party in two actions concerning excessive levels of security. MWCS was also involved in a court case in Scotland regarding patients being transferred from hospital to care home placements without consent or legal authority. The recent procedural hearing at which matters were due to have been concluded has been postponed. In January 2020 MWCS submitted evidence to an independent review of forensic mental health services in Scotland. MWCS also submitted evidence to the final consultation stage of a review into the place of learning disability and autism in the Mental Health Act. MWCS emphasised the need to focus on human rights in applying the act to comply with the European Convention on Human Rights. • Ofsted submitted evidence to the Justice Select Committee’s Children and Young People in Custody inquiry.199 Ofsted stated in its submission that although the number of children in custody in England has decreased, those in STCs and SCHs have increasingly complex needs. 199 Ofsted, October 2019, Written Evidence from Ofsted to the Justice Select Committee, http://data.parliament.uk/ writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/justice-committee/children-and-young-people-in-custody/ written/105995.html [accessed 27/08/2020] 74