National Preventive Mechanism Eleventh Annual Report 2019–20 • • • • 72 with inspectors at the end of a court custody inspection. HMI Prisons and HMICFRS jointly carried out the first inspections of the five custody suites that are used for holding suspects arrested for terrorism or terrorist-related offences. MWCS participated in the Sharing Intelligence for Health and Care Group, which brings together organisations in Scotland, including NPM member CI, with responsibility for inspecting or monitoring health and social care services. The group was used to share information between organisations. Members also used the forum to share their concerns and where necessary coordinate action to deal with issues. SHRC are supporting the Chief Inspector of Prisons in Scotland in her ongoing review into deaths in custody in Scotland. The review will identify and make recommendations about areas of improvement to ensure that appropriate and transparent arrangements are in place in the immediate aftermath of deaths in custody in Scottish prisons, including deaths of prisoners while in NHS care. Judith Robertson, Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission, is working with HMIPS to ensure a human rights perspective is incorporated into the review. Ofsted carried out joint inspections of STCs with CQC and HMI Prisons. The inspectorates worked closely to share information and develop their inspection methodologies to prevent ill-treatment in secure settings for children and adults. CQC continued to support Ofsted’s inspections of SCHs during the year. CQC inspectors offer expertise during inspections in assessing the health provision for children. Submitting proposals and observations on legislation OPCAT requires NPMs to submit proposals and observations to existing or draft legislation to support the prevention of torture and ill-treatment in places of detention. There are a number of ways NPM members are consulted on, or seek to influence, the development of detention policy and legislation using the evidence from their monitoring of the treatment of and conditions for detainees. Most commonly, NPM members contribute to formal policy consultations, parliamentary inquiries and draft legislation, as well as direct discussions with policy makers and politicians. For example: • The CCE submitted evidence to the Justice Select Committee’s inquiry into the youth justice population. In their submission, they highlighted the unacceptably restrictive practices used in secure establishments for children, the harshest forms of which are disproportionately used against children from black and minority ethnic backgrounds. The CCE’s work on the situation for children deprived of their liberty outside the secure estate (both illegally and with High Court authorisation) was cited in a High Court judgement in April 2020. The judgement raised concerns about the legitimacy of judges to authorise a child’s deprivation of liberty. The CCE’s report on this topic has also been submitted to the Supreme Court on a related case. The CCE has also convened several roundtables with officials from the MoJ and Department of Health and Social Care to push for improved and integrated secure care.