I've been advising on this project since the beginning and the findings have been nothing short of explosive. Well done to @gethrees.bsky.social and team for exposing the sorry state of #healthcare in #police #custody. In today's Independent: www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Exclusive: One patient experienced such bad withdrawal symptoms that they admitted to crimes they did not commit so they could be remanded to prison where they would be allowed their prescription agai...
New paper in the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. Describes our work improving risk assessment screening for police custody detainees in Northumbria Police. doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
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We have updated our website, which now includes an animation developed between @stephmulrine.bsky.social and volunteers from @waythrough.bsky.social, which represents lived experience of being sick in police custody. It was created by @altviewstudios.bsky.social. research.ncl.ac.uk/equivalence-...