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Just visiting: How the public can effectively scrutinise police treatment of minoritised groups

Independent custody visitors (ICVs) have helped to ensure fairer and more effective justice in the UK since independent public scrutiny was first recommended in the Scarman Report; recent surveys of the role and effectiveness of ICVs carried out by the Criminal Justice Alliance (CJA) underline the importance of the role, the challenges ICVs face, and potential improvements, as CJA Senior Policy Officer Hannah Pittaway explains.

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