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07 February 2012Young victims and witnesses left to flounder in an imperfect justice system
Today HMCPSI and HMIC publish the report ‘Experience of Young Victims and Witnesses in the Criminal Justice System’. The report explores progress made against recommendations given in the 2009 report ‘A Joint Thematic Review of Victim and Witness Experiences in the CJS’.
The joint inspection team found that only limited progress had been made in addressing the majority of the previous report’s recommendations and highlighted several areas of concern.
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07 February 2012Police custody in Hounslow – mixed
Police custody provision in Hounslow was a mixed picture, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, and Dru Sharpling, HM Inspector of Constabulary, publishing the report of an inspection into custody suites in Hounslow.
The unannounced inspection was part of a national programme of joint inspections of police custody and covered the two 24-hour custody suites at Hounslow and Chiswick, as well as the overflow custody suite at Brentford. Overall, there were some areas of good practice but a number of areas for improvement.
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07 February 2012Police custody in Heathrow – generally positive
Police custody provision in Heathrow was generally sound, said Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, and Dru Sharpling, HM Inspector of Constabulary, publishing the report of an inspection into custody suites in Heathrow.
The unannounced inspection was part of a national programme of joint inspections of police custody and covered the 24-hour custody suite at Heathrow, which dealt with people arrested at Heathrow airport. Overall, there were some areas of good practice and a small number of areas for improvement.