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31 January 2012
The charity Inquest is calling for action following the deaths
last week of two teenagers who were being held in Youth Offending
Institutions (YOIs) . Full details can be downloaded here: Inquest article
10 January 2012
The Howard League for Penal Reform has produced a report calling
for a ban on holding children under the age of 14 in police custody
overnight. The report also recommends raising the age of criminal
responsibility to 14 in line with European standards. A summary of
the report can be downloaded here:
The
overnight detention of children in police cells
15 December 2011
The report of the HMI Joint inspection of Appropriate Adult
provision and children in detention after charge was published
today. The report can be downloaded here:
Who's
looking out for the children?
NAAN's response can be downloaded here:
NAAN's response
to HMI Report.
November 2011
The Home Office has announced a consultation on revised PACE
Codes of Practice. Full details can be found here: PACE
Codes Consultation. The closing date for responses is 24
January 2012. NAAN will be responding in due course.
October 2011
At NAAN's AGM it was announced that Jenny Talbot, OBE had been
appointed as NAAN's new Chair.
September 2011
Lis Pritchard's letter to the Guardian in response to the recent
ITV Appropriate Adult films can be downloaded here: Guardian
letter
September 2011
Make Justice
Work published the report of their National Enquiry: Community or Custody:
which works best?
September 2011
The Justice Secretary Ken Clarke tabled a motion in parliament
announcing that the UK is opting out of a draft EU directive
guaranteeing access to a lawyer upon arrest. The debate can be read
here.
This reinforces concerns about the plans to reduce access to legal
aid in police stations which were outlined in Section 12 of the
Legal
Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill which
was published in June.
July 2011
The Police
(Detention and Bail) Act 2011 has received Royal Assent and is
now law. The Act reverses the effect of R (Greater Manchester
Police) v Hookway. The Act provides that periods on bail do not
count towards the total detention period.
June 2011
30 June: The recent ruling in the Hookway case concerning the
PACE clock and police bail is likely to have significant
implications in police custody suites. Full details of the ruling
can be found on the BBC website. NAAN has
sent a Briefing Paper on this case to members.
21 June: Following the Breaking the Cycle Green Paper,
the Government has just published its formal
response to the consultation. It has also today published
the Legal
Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.
13 June:The Howard
League has called for an end to the practice of holding
children overnight in police cells. For further details see Guardian
article.
March 2011
On 30 March NAAN was a signatory to a letter to the Guardian on
Care not Custody suppporting a campaign to keep mentally vulnerable
people out of prison. The text of the letter can be found here: Guardian
letter on Care not Custody.
Revised PACE codes of practice for codes A, B and D came into
force on 7 March 2011. Full details can be seen on the Home Office
website: PACE Codes
update
February 2011
NAAN has produced and submitted its response to the Breaking the
Cycle Green Paper consultation. It can be downloaded here: NAAN's response to Breaking
the Cycle
The Goverment has announced its plans to revise and scale down
the vetting and barring scheme (VBS) for those working with
children and vulnerable adults. The Freedoms Bill will remodel the
VBS and eventually the Criminal Records Bureau and the Indepedent
Safeguarding Authority will be merged. The registration and
monitoring requirememts will be abolished and the range of posts to
which the scheme applies will be re-defined. There are unlikely to
be any changes in practice until 2012. Further details can be found
on the Home
Office website.
The Government has published a 'cross-government mental health
outcomes strategy for people of all ages'. It can be downloaded
here: No health
without mental health
Januuary 2011
Following a survey of police forces, NAAN has now published its
report on Appropriate Adult Services in England and Wales.
The report can be downloaded from the Policy Survey 2010 page of the
website.
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The Annual Conference planned for April 2011 was
cancelled. Unfortunately the difficult financial situation
resulted in very low bookings which meant the event was not
viable. NAA ...More
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The next national network meeting will be held in Derby on 25
April 2012. Details have been sent to members.
HMI Joint Inspectorates presented their interim report on AA
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This year's AGM was held on
London on 13 October 2011. Minutes are available in the member-only
section of the website.
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