Deaths on remand

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Deaths on remand

The PPO has highlighted that court dates for trials and sentencing hearings are potential triggers for self-harm and suicide.

Date - 6th March 2023
By - Russell Webster - Work with Offenders

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Today’s new edition of the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman’s Investigator newsletter provides disturbing information about the number of self-inflicted deaths by people on remand. As regular readers will know, the remand population has...

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