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.
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