Shock as children as young as 10 are held overnight in police custody
CHILDREN as young as 10 were among the 5,684 youngsters to be kept overnight in police custody in West Yorkshire in the last five years –...
KIDS IN CUSTODY - Child, 3, was one of nearly 90,000 kids police have held in custody since 2015 wit
The new figures have been slammed by critics calling the revelations 'shocking' and that the inside of a police cell is a 'completely...
Police force praised for custody procedures - but still too many children being detained
DORSET Police has welcomed a report which praises the force for managing its custodial services well. The report followed inspections...
IPCC criticises Sussex police over hooding of disabled 11-year-old girl
Girl, known as Child H, was hooded, handcuffed and detained for total of more than 60 hours over four separate occasions Sussex police...
Police left a 16-year-old girl naked in a cell after she threatened to self-harm - and her complaint
A 16-year-old girl was stripped of her clothes and left naked in a jail cell when she threatened to harm herself while in custody, a...
Child, eight, held overnight in cell
More than 22,000 children, including an eight-year-old, were held overnight in cells in 2014-15, police figures show. The 22,792...
Disproportionate criminal records disclosure scheme declared unlawful by the High Court
Press Release – 22nd January 2016 The High Court has today declared the Government’s criminal records disclosure scheme incompatible with...
Around 250,000 vulnerable people are not receiving the support of an "appropriate adult" w
The Home Office-commissioned report said lack of awareness and a shortage of trained volunteers meant police often went ahead without one...
Three mentally ill children locked in cells every week
Three mentally ill children are being locked in police cells every week despite their vulnerability, The Times has learnt. A total of 161...
Chris Bath on Sky News 2015
Custody Concerns! - The National Appropriate Adult Network, Chris Bath, Chief Executive of the National Appropriate Adult Network,...
