The Angiolini Review

Theresa May, as Home Secretary, commissioned an independent review in 2015 on deaths following police custody or contact and appointed Dame Elish Angiolini QC, former Lord Advocate of Scotland, to lead it. Deborah Coles, chief executive of Inquest, was appointed as special advisor to the review and it has finally been published today, along with […]

Oddly Enough …

Oddly enough … trying to wade your way through some of the most sensitive issues in all of public policy isn’t straight-forward. Deaths in police custody … the use of force on vulnerable people … when, if ever, to prosecute a vulnerable person … navigating ‘pathways’ and processes which span multiple criminal justice agencies and even […]

Land of Confusion

This week, two piles of data were published which touch on my area of interest: firstly, NHS Digital published their newly formatted data on the use of the Mental Health Act 1983 – new format will save £350,000 in statistics related costs, apparently! And secondly, the Home Office published their Annual Data Return from police […]