Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Essential Reading

This document deserves wide circulation as the subject is relevant to all of us.

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for highlighting this excellent document by the Prison Reform Trust - a very long-overdue explanation of the difference between mental health and learning disability aimed at sentencers. As a CDO it always dismayed me how widespread confusion and ignorance was on the subject and especially the differences between a psychiatrist, psychologist and CPN. In my experience people with a learning disability get a raw deal from the CJ system and I would urge the requesting of a psychology report in such cases prior to sentencing.

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    1. It sounds as if it is not only sentencing, but also that some of the convictions can be unsound when these sorts of people are unable to represent themselves properly.

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