When considering how best to provide health care within court custody setting (Mags and Crown courts) I am reminded, by the below quote from HMIP in a recent report, that we must ever forget we are talking about a service for DEFENDANTS not (necessarily) OFFENDERS.

 

Anyone can end up in court custody: the guilty and the innocent; those who are a threat to the safety of others and those who are a danger to themselves; healthy adults, children, and those with the range of mental health and substance misuse problems familiar from police and prison custody. (HMIP Thematic Review, 2015)