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Black communities - OHRN
1 IntroductionResearch studies and data monitoring have consistently shown that ofall the Black and minority ethnic (BME) groups in Britain, those fromblack communities in particular are disproportionately represented inboth the criminal justice and the mental health anomalyis compounded by the fact that both systems seriously disadvantageblack people once within their remit. This briefing examines the extentof these two interconnected problems, the underlying causes andrecent policy and strategy developments, before makingrecommendations for change. Despite various policy initiatives in recent years, little progress hasbeen made in tackling this important subject. Home Office statisticshave consistently borne out the discrimination experienced byblack people who come into contact with criminal justice agenciesand the Department of Health has admitted that there is an undueemphasis on coercive models of treatment for Black mental healthpatients, with organisational requirements often taking precedenceover their individual show that Black people areincreasingly over-represented at each heightened level of securityin the psychiatric process from informal to civil detention, and thenin detention on forensic
counterparts to seek out resettlement services based within prisons.14 Where black prisoners experience problems shared by the general prison population such as drug or alcohol dependency,
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