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Mental Welfare Commission Report: Women and Mental Ill-Health

On 8 July 2021, the Mental Welfare Commission published a report entitled,‘Concerns About the Care of Women with Mental Ill-Health in Prison in Scotland: An Analysis of the Records of Nine Women in Custody’. It reviewed the records of nine women who received mental health care in prison custody in Scotland between 2017 and early 2020 in response to a a report by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the CPT) in October 20191 about their visit to police and prison premises in Scotland in October 2018. The CPT had raised serious concerns about the wellbeing of women with mental ill health in HMP YOI Cornton Vale, particularly about delays in accessing inpatient treatment, and about women with personality disorder not being eligible for transfer to a psychiatric hospital.

Expert Review of Mental Health Support For Young People Entering And In Custody At HMP&YOI Polmont - Final Progress Update

On 24 March 2021, the final progress update on the Expert Review of Mental Health Support For Young People Entering And In Custody At HMP&YOI Polmont was published. None of the recommendations have been fully implemented, which has raised some concern, whilst HMIPS believes that significant progress has been made in 25 of the 80 recommendations e.g. standardised mental health screening processes; Talk To Me (TTM) transitional care plans; halt to routine body scanning etc. It has been noted that SPS has taken the decision itself not to publish further updates. 

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