Places of safety: What impact will banning the use of police cells have on policing mental health?

2nd July 2019Daniel Moloney, IPSCJ

The government has proposed legislation banning police cells as a place of safety for those detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, but with just 163 health-based places available and over 30,000 people detained under the Act, Daniel Moloney of the Institute for Public Safety, Crime and Justice at Northampton University examines the impact the legislation could have on policing.

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