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Youth Detention: Solitary confinement and restraint inquiry

Inquiry by the Human Rights (Joint Committee), 24 April 2018 to 8 October 2019. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 4 July 2018: Witness B (accompanied by Alice Victor, Youth Engagement Co-ordinator, Young Minds).
  • 11 July 2018: Dr John Chisholm, Chair, Medical Ethics Committee, British Medical Association, Dr Laura Janes, Legal Director, Solicitor, Howard League for Penal Reform, Glyn Travis, Assistant General Secretary, The Professional Trades Union for Prison, Correctional and Secure Psychiatric Workers, and Dr Heidi Hales, Forensic Psychiatrist, Royal College of Psychiatrists.
  • 12 September 2018: "William"
  • 10 October 2018: Anne Longfield OBE, Children’s Commissioner for England, Angus Mulready-Jones, Lead Inspector - Children in Detention, HM Inspectorate of Prisons
  • 17 October 2018: Edward Argar MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice, Peter Gormley, Deputy Director for Casework, Partnerships Business and Change, Youth Custody Service, Jonathan Marron, Director General, Community and Social Care, Department of Health and Social Care, and Teresa Fenech, Director of Nursing and Quality Assurance, Specialised Commissioning, NHS England.