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Offenders with learning disabilities

29 September 2014

Learning Disability Practice

Research round-up

According to research funded by the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner, and undertaken by Phoenix Futures and South West Yorkshire Partnership Trust,...

Second Bradley report urges more training for criminal justice staff

27 June 2014

Learning Disability Practice

News

GREATER TRAINING on supporting people with mental health problems and learning disabilities should be provided to front line staff in criminal justice services...

Criminal justice system is failing service users, claim prison and probation inspectors

05 May 2015

Learning Disability Practice

News

PEOPLE WITH learning disabilities who are in the criminal justice system do not receive the help they need, according to a report by government inspectors.

Project targets mental health needs of BME offenders

09 June 2014

Mental Health Practice

Analysis

TOBY (NOT his real name) had showed promise at school, yet a few years after leaving full-time education his life took a downward turn.

Prison staff receive training on learning disabilities

01 May 2013

Learning Disability Practice

News

PRISONERS WITH learning disabilities often get into trouble and are not accorded their basic rights because their needs are not recognised in the criminal justice...

Street triage takes the heat out of mental health crises

07 November 2014

Mental Health Practice

Analysis

‘STREET TRIAGE is pioneering work but at the same time, it is unbelievable that we have not been doing this before. It makes perfect sense.’ So says Carl Ellis, a...

Clients in the criminal justice system cannot access services

26 February 2014

Learning Disability Practice

Analysis

AN AUTHORITATIVE report on the treatment of offenders with learning disabilities states that, to ensure that they receive fair treatment and reduce the chances that...

Reaching out to break the cycle of violence and fear

12 May 2015

Mental Health Practice

Analysis

IBRAHIM IS 15 and his mother has depression and drug dependency.

How nurses are breaking down barriers behind bars

09 October 2014

Mental Health Practice

Analysis

THE OFFENDER Health Directorate at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust covers 13 prisons across Yorkshire and the Midlands. Mental health nurses have seen their...

Why girls fall into gang culture

01 October 2013

Nursing Children and Young People

Analysis

IN THE WAKE of the riots that ripped through UK towns and cities in August 2011, the government was quick to say that gangs had a leading role in orchestrating the...