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June 2009
NAAN has appointed Mark Perks as the new Peripatetic
Development Officer. Mark will be starting work in early July
and will be supporting members in a variety of ways, concentrating
on standards, training and scheme development.
Grev Wallington is the new NAAN Chair.
May 2009
The Bradley Report
Lord Bradley's Review of people with mental health problems or
learning disabilities in the criminal justice system was published
on 30 April. The Executive Summary can be
downloaded here.
Keeping the Right People on the DNA Database
Following the European Court of Human Right's decision in
December 2008, the Home Office has issued a consultation on
Further details can be found on the Home
Office website. The closing date for receipt of responses is 7
August 2009.
PACE update
We understand that there has been another delay. The Home Office
was due to publish a summary of responses to the PACE Review
Consultation by the end of April, but this has still not
appeared. It will not now be published before the middle of
June, and there may well be further delays.
The PACE Review consultation paper was published on 28 August
2008. NAAN sent its response to the Home Office on 20 November. To
download a copy of NAAN's response and to see full details of the
Review, see the PACE section at the bottom of this page.
You will also see details of the revised PACE Codes which were
published on 17 December 2007 and came into effect on 1 February
2008.
March 2009
A delay to the full
implementation of the ISA run Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS)
was announced on 19 March. The Ministerial
Statement can be downloaded
here. Further details of the Scheme can be found by following the
ISA link on the Links page of the website.
December 2008
Lis Pritchard was interviewed about NAAN and the PACE Review for
the December edition of the Children's Legal Centre's journal
ChildRIGHT. The interview has been made
available by the Children's Legal Centre and can be downloaded
here.
November 2008
The Prison Reform Trust published its final report from the No
One Knows project. Prisoners' Voices
highlights the lack of support and the poor treatment that
prisoners with learning disabilities or difficulties receive
throughout the criminal justice system. This final report
builds on earlier reports such as the No One Knows report on police
responses to suspects with learning difficulties which was
discussed at the NAAN Conference earlier this year.
October 2008
The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies at King's College
London has published a highly critical report on the introduction
of the Criminal Defence Service (CDS) Direct and the Defence
Solicitor Call Centre (DSCC). The report can be downloaded
here:
CDS Direct:
Flying in the face of the evidence
January 2008
The Commission on the Future of Volunteering published its
report Manifesto for
Change on 28 January 2008.
2006
Centrex produced Guidance on the Safer Detention and Handling
of Persons in Police Custody
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PACE Review Update: May 2009
There have been a number of revised dates given for the
Government's response to the consultation. We are now not expecting
any further de ...More
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The last Annual Conference was held in Leicester on 21/22 April
2009.
This two
day residential event provides an opportunity for m ...More
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The last national network
meeting was held in Birmingham on 2 June 2009. Minutes will be
available on the member-only section of the website
shortly.
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The last AGM was held in London on 23 October 2008.
Minutes are available on
the member-only section of the website.
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