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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]
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