Mentions:
1: Constance, Angela (SNP - Almond Valley) That act, in effect, abolished automatic early release for long-term prisoners. - Speech Link
2: Constance, Angela (SNP - Almond Valley) Our prison system is not the end of the line—most prisoners are released. - Speech Link
3: Constance, Angela (SNP - Almond Valley) I, too, share concerns about healthcare for prisoners. - Speech Link
4: Chapman, Maggie (Green - North East Scotland) Alcohol and drug-related deaths, followed by suicide, were the main causes of death in the first week - Speech Link
5: Whittle, Brian (Con - South Scotland) How many of the new prisoners in the recent spike are repeat offenders? - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) We have now made clearer how this content on mental well-being relates to suicide prevention. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) It is particularly welcome that there will be additional content on suicide prevention and on tackling - Speech Link
3: Lord Polak (Con - Life peer) During our consideration of the Victims and Prisoners Bill, we were able to hear from a young lady called - Speech Link
4: Lord Hampton (XB - Excepted Hereditary) I think particularly that teaching about suicide, the hidden male killer, is really important. - Speech Link
May. 16 2024
Source Page: Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: December 2023Found: Prisoners serving an IPP or E PP sentence imposed on conviction prior to 3 December 2012 continue to
May. 16 2024
Source Page: Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: December 2023Found: identifiable personIOMiscellaneous crimes against society76 Aiding suicide0760007600 - Aid / abet the suicide
May. 15 2024
Source Page: Whatton Prison: Action PlanFound: Expected outcomes: The prison provides a safe environm ent which reduces the risk of self -harm and suicide
May. 15 2024
Source Page: Whatton Prison: Action PlanFound: Expected outcomes: The prison provides a safe environm ent which reduces the risk of self -harm and suicide
Mentions:
1: Alex Cunningham (Lab - Stockton North) The security and safety of prisoners, and well-being of prison officers will remain a priority.”When - Speech Link
2: None Opposition Members have been pursuing the issue again through the Victims and Prisoners Bill. - Speech Link
3: None Members may have heard about the recent case of 16-year-old Murray Dowey, from Dunblane, who died by suicide - Speech Link
4: Robert Neill (Con - Bromley and Chislehurst) return agreements and get those prisoners to serve their sentence in their home country. - Speech Link
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to remarks by Lord Stewart of Dirleton on 29 April (HL Deb col 1704), what are (1) the make-up, and (2) the objectives, of the Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) safety team, in relation to prisoners on IPP sentences in danger of self-harm.
Answered by Lord Bellamy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
HMPPS Safety Group supports the safety of all prisoners, and within the group, one member of staff focuses on IPP prisoners, which includes taking forward the safety actions identified in the IPP Action Plan.
Our refreshed IPP Action Plan, which will be published this summer along with our IPP Annual Report, now has a workstream dedicated to Safety with the main objective of supporting prisons to deliver safety improvements for those serving an IPP sentence.
Our primary focus is on raising awareness of the heightened risk of self-harm and suicide of IPP prisoners and we have developed an IPP Safety Toolkit to support prisons.
We will continue to monitor, analyse and share any changing or emerging trends in published IPP prisoner data with staff and to inform and update our guidance where appropriate.
Oral Evidence May. 01 2024
Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)Found: I also found use of inappropriate and humiliating comments against detainees during active suicide
Mentions:
1: None I work in suicide research and have a specialism in LGBTQ+ suicide and suicide prevention. - Speech Link
2: None Education on suicide and suicide prevention often focuses on destigmatising suicide: we do lots of work - Speech Link
3: Chapman, Maggie (Green - North East Scotland) about other groups that are identified as being at risk, such as asylum seekers, refugees and former prisoners - Speech Link
4: None Lots of different issues lead to suicide attempts or death by suicide. - Speech Link