Transcription of The Care not Custody Coalition - Prison Reform Trust
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The care not Custody Coalition This briefing paper draws together some of the many and varied activities that members of the care not Custody Coalition are engaged in and progress made. It has been produced for a reception of the care not Custody Coalition and other guests, on Thursday 10 July 2014. We are pleased that the reception will be addressed by the Home Secretary, the Rt Hon Theresa May MP. Background The National Federation of Women's Institutes (NFWI) has called consistently for the diversion of people with mental health needs from Custody into treatment and care . Its care not Custody initiative was inspired by the tragic death by suicide of a schizophrenic young man in Manchester Prison , the son of a WI member. Since then the Prison Reform Trust (PRT) has worked in partnership with the NFWI to effect change.
A major focus of our work is to improve mental health support in the criminal justice system for both adults and children. We have been a member of the Care Not Custody Coalition
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