Section one Context Jurisdiction DETENTION SETTING England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Prisons HMI Prisons with CQC and Ofsted HMI Prisons with HIW HMIPS with CI CJINI and HMI Prisons with RQIA HMIC and HMI Prisons HMICS CJINI with RQIA ICVA ICVS NIPBICVS HMI Prisons & Lay Observers HMIPS CJINI IMB Police custody Court custody Children in secure accommodation Ofsted ( jointly with HMI Prisons in relation to secure training centres) Children (All settings) OCC Detention under mental health law CQC Deprivation of liberty2 and other safeguards in health and social care CQC Immigration detention IMBNI RQIA CSSIW CI HIW MWCS RQIA CI and MWCS RQIA HIW CSSIW HMI Prisons IMB Military detention HMI Prisons and IMB Customs custody facilities HMIC and HMI Prisons On 24 February 2014, OPCAT was extended to the Isle of Man. As the Isle of Man is a Crown Dependency, it is not part of the UK but the UK will remain responsible for ensuring that the Isle of Man meets its international obligations under OPCAT. The Isle of Man authorities confirmed that they would establish a separate National Preventive Mechanism in accordance with OPCAT criteria, and that it will initially consist of three bodies: the Independent Monitoring Board for the Isle of Man Prison, the Independent Monitoring Board for the Isle of Man Secure Care Home, and the Mental Health Commission. The essential requirement of OPCAT – that all places of detention are independently CJINI monitored – is fulfilled by individual members of the NPM or by members working in partnership with one another. Detailed findings relating to the treatment and conditions of detainees are published in the inspection or annual reports of each NPM member. Coordination is essential to the full and effective implementation of OPCAT in the UK, given the scale and complexity of the UK NPM’s unusual multi-body structure, and the fact that each member has a different mandate, power and geographical remit. At the same time, the independence of each individual NPM member must be respected, as well as their ability to set their own priorities for detention monitoring. 2 Deprivation of liberty legal safeguards apply only to England and Wales but organisations in Scotland and Northern Ireland visit and inspect health and social care facilities where people may be deprived of liberty. 11

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