Section three Strengthing the NPM
inspections in 2017 and a report on the
Juvenile Justice Centre was published in June
2018. In addition, CJINI undertook thematic
inspections of resettlement and equality
and diversity, the findings of which will be
published later in 2018.
During the year, Healthcare Inspectorate
Wales (HIW) continued with its regular
programme of visits to hospitals where
people are deprived of their liberty either by
virtue of detention under the Mental Health
Act or Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.
HIW also continued to undertake joint
inspections of police custody and continued
to monitor the effectiveness of the Welsh
Mental Health Care Crisis Concordat that puts
a framework in place to prevent individuals
with a suspected mental health issue being
admitted into police custody under section
136 of the Mental Health Act. HIW finalised
its guidance for Second Opinion Appointed
Doctors and it is anticipated that this will be
published in June 2018.
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of
Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services
(HMICFRS) jointly carried out eight police
custody inspections in England and
Wales, and an inspection of the custody
arrangements for Border Force. The
inspections showed that most detainees held
in police custody were treated respectfully
and received good levels of care. Inspections
continued to find that scrutiny of the use of
force on detainees remained weak in most
police forces visited, leading to a letter being
sent to all Chief Constables in early 2018 to
raise these issues. Work began to revise the
Expectations for Police Custody to incorporate
the changes introduced by the Police and
Crime Act 2017 and the recommendations
made by Dame Elish Angiolini in her Report
of the Independent Review of Deaths
and Serious Incidents in Police Custody,
which was published October 2017. A
tailored inspection methodology and set of
Expectations was also developed with HMI
Prisons to support the inspection of Terrorism
Act (TACT) custody facilities, planned for the
2018–19 inspection programme.
In January 2018, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate
of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS),
published a report on police custody centres
located in Tayside Division. This followed
inspections of three centres in Tayside in
September 2017, and a reinspection of
one of those centres in November 2017
due to significant concerns HMICS had
about cleanliness and hygiene issues.
HMICS continues to work towards joint
inspections of police custody with Healthcare
Improvement Scotland (HIS). In preparation
for these joint inspections, HIS inspectors
shadowed HMICS on its inspection of one of
the Tayside centres. HMICS also participated
in the inspection of custody arrangements
for Border Force, led by HMICFRS and HMI
Prisons, visiting the custody centre at
Glasgow Airport.
Throughout the year, Her Majesty’s
Inspectorate of Prisons (HMI Prisons)
continued its regular programme of
inspections of prisons, establishments
holding children and young people,
immigration detention, police and court
custody, Border Force customs custody suites
and military detention. HMI Prisons published
two revised editions of its Expectations
during the year following extensive
consultation. Expectations: Criteria for
assessing the treatment of and conditions
for men in prisons, was published in July
2017. In January 2018, the fourth edition
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