Prisoner disability support

11 items 1 source

Inadequate documentation, accessibility, and staff awareness regarding disability adjustments for prisoners.

Cross-Source Insight

Prisoner disability support has been flagged across 1 independent accountability source:

11 PFD reports

This theme has been identified in one data source. As more data is added, cross-references may emerge.

Marta Vento
11 Mar 2025 · Dorset
Concerns: No formal process exists for prisons to share critical in-prison behavioural and mental health information with sentencing courts. Additionally, national guidance is lacking for ensuring continuity of care for released prisoners with mental health needs.
Responded
Anthony Binfield, David Richards and Rolandas Karbauskas
07 Feb 2025 · Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire
Concerns: Inadequate recruitment, retention, and training of prison and healthcare staff led to severe understaffing, restricted services, and fundamental failures in prisoner welfare, supervision, and basic safety protocols.
Responded
Trevor Monerville
16 Jan 2024 · East Sussex
Concerns: The prison failed to adequately monitor and manage a patient's epilepsy with no seizure care plan or effective communication between healthcare and prison staff, compounded by a lack of staff training.
Responded
Jonathan McCarthy
24 Oct 2023 · Northampton
Concerns: Prisons failed to verify and manage critical pre-existing community hospital appointments for prisoners, and lacked fitness-to-transfer assessments, impacting medical care and safety during transfers.
Overdue
Liridon Saliuka
08 Nov 2022 · Inner South London
Concerns: There was a lack of clear, accessible documentation detailing a prisoner's disability adjustments and a general lack of disability awareness among prison staff, leading to inappropriate assumptions about his capabilities.
Responded
Lewis Francis
23 Mar 2020 · Exeter and Greater Devon
Concerns: A lack of mechanisms for transferring serious crime suspects in police custody to mental health facilities and insufficient understanding of autistic prisoners' needs pose significant risks.
Responded
Tyrone Givans
23 Jan 2019 · London Inner (North)
Concerns: Widespread Spice use, an unfit-for-purpose IT system causing incomplete medical records, and a lack of awareness and support for a deaf prisoner all contributed to significant safety concerns within the prison.
Overdue
Shalane Blackwood
03 May 2016 · Nottinghamshire
Concerns: The prison lacks adequate provision for complex health needs, has insufficient staff for prisoner regimes, faces rife NPS use, and has unclear decision-making tools and staff awareness for physical symptoms alongside mental health issues.
Overdue
Barry Horrocks
07 Nov 2014 · West Yorkshire (East)
Concerns: A disabled prisoner's essential daily living needs were unmet as the prison environment lacked adaptations and no care provider took responsibility for vital 'social services' support.
Overdue
Damion Anthony Andre Martin
30 Oct 2013 · Liverpool
Concerns: Inadequate prison risk assessment failed to identify a key suicide risk factor, first responders lacked CPR refresher training, and cell observation was compromised by restricted views and missed checks.
Overdue
Ronald Sherlock
09 Aug 2013 · Norfolk
Concerns: Older prisoners lacked appropriate access to speech and language therapists to assess and manage swallowing difficulties, including recommendations for diet and fluid intake.
Overdue