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 Who are vulnerable offenders?
 Care not custody
 Liaison and Diversion
 Briefing Launch
Who are vulnerable offenders?
• 40% of offenders on probation have a mental health
condition
• 23% of prisoners would qualify for secondary mental
health care on the outside
• 65% have numeracy levels at or below age 11
• 15% of newly sentenced prisoners are homeless
• 42% of released prisoners have no fixed abode
• Two-thirds have no job to go to on release
Young people
• Three times more likely to have mental health problems
• 6 out of 10 have speech and communication problems
• Autistic young people are 7 times more likely to enter
youth justice system
• ADHD affects 1 in 10 boys and 1 in 5 girls in Young
Offender Institutions
• 60% of young people in custody have acquired brain
injury
Young people in custody
• 75% have lived with someone other than a
parent (1.5% in the general population)
• 45% have been permanently excluded from
school
• 40% have been homeless
• 1 in 3 girls and 1 in 20 boys in custody report
having previously been sexually abused.
Care not Custody:
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Partnership between the National Federation of
Women’s Institutes and the Prison Reform Trust
Care not Custody:
o Campaign
o Coalition
o Programme
Chaired by Lord Keith Bradley; members include
representatives from ADASS, Mick Connnell and Zandrea
Stewart.
Care not Custody programme:
Current themes of work:
o Support for vulnerable defendants in the criminal
courts; Fair Access to Justice?
o On line information/training for magistrates
o ‘Care not Custody’ agenda for Police and Crime
Commissioners; briefing paper concerning vulnerable
suspects
o Liaison and diversion services; ‘holding government
to account’
o The role of adult social care; Making the difference.
Liaison and Diversion
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Cross government Health and Criminal Justice
initiative aimed at supporting the work of liaison
and diversion sites across England to improve
health outcomes and reduce reoffending.
Roll out of liaison and diversion services to every
police custody suite and court by 2014 subject
to business case approval.
Work in progress
Network of 101 liaison and diversion schemes across England National Liaison and Development Network ( NLDDN)
Data collection for
business case
development
OHRN / DH
Development of
operating model / good
practice/ quality
standards / workforce
competencies /
commissioning
guidance
OHC
Alternatives to custody
programme
NOMS