Custodial Care

  • Reference Number: 3383
  • Date released: 23 September 2011

Request

I am a student at Stratford upon Avon college and have just started to new unit of work on custodial care and it would be a big help if you could give me any information and the rights, care, management and safety rules and regulations when a person is in custody.

Response

In accordance with section 1(1) (a) of the Act our response is provided below;

The information you have requested is reasonably accessible to you by other means and is therefore exempt information in accordance with section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. There are 2 main documents:

The Police and Criminal Evidence Act Codes of Practice and Guidance on The Safer Detention and Handling of Persons in Police Custody.

Both are available on the internet via any reputable search engine.

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