Summary
This independent review was commissioned to examine the extent to which offenders with mental health problems or learning disabilities could, in appropriate cases, be diverted from prison to other services and the barriers to such diversion.
The review has kept a broad remit and incorporated the range of mental health problems and learning disabilities across the whole of the criminal justice system, and made recommendations to government including the organisation of effective liaison and diversion arrangements and the services needed to support them.
Contents
1. Setting the scene -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The problem -- 1.3. The policy context -- 1.4. The review -- 1.5. Methodology -- 1.6. Structure of the report -- 2. Early intervention, arrest and prosecution -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Early intervention for children and young people -- 2.3. Police -- 2.4. Arrest and police custody -- 2.5. Role of the Crown Prosecution Service -- 2.6. Summary -- 3. The court process -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Context -- 3.3. Remand decisions -- 3.4. Information for the court -- 3.5. Specialist courts/problem-solving courts -- 3.6. Liaison and diversion schemes -- 3.7. Summary -- 4. Prison, community sentences and resettlement -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Community sentences -- 4.3. Custodial sentences -- 4.4. Resettlement -- 5. Delivering change through partnership -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Building partnerships -- 5.3. Leadership -- 5.4. Delivering change -- 5.5. Supporting change -- 5.6. Conclusions and next steps -- Annex A. Reference group membership -- Annex B. Working group membership -- Annex C. List of events, visits and meetings -- Annex D. List of respondents to the call for evidence -- Annex E. Glossary -- Annex F. Acronyms.