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UK: Detention of mentally ill people in police cells needs to end, say MPs - ‘These people are not criminals,’ says home affairs committee chairman Keith Vaz of the more than 6,000 detained last year

07 February 2015

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"A report from the Commons home affairs select committee this Friday says detention of children, in particular, must cease immediately. In all, 236 children under the age of 18 with mental health issues were detained in police custody in England and Wales from 2013 to 2014."

See the article: Detention of mentally ill people in police cells needs to end, say MPs - ‘These people are not criminals,’ says home affairs committee chairman Keith Vaz of the more than 6,000 detained last year (Guardian, link)

See Home Affairs Select Committee report: Policing and mental health (pdf)

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