engaging people, protecting communities: dci mabs hussain (west yorkshire police) hmp governor andy...
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Engaging People, Protecting Communities:
DCI Mabs Hussain
(West Yorkshire Police)
HMP Governor Andy Johnson
(Prison Service Strategic Lead)
Why work together: criminal justice & health
Crime has both direct and indirect effects on health:
• Direct – through violence, injury, rape• Indirect – psychological consequences of injury,
victimisation and isolation• As a determinant of illness• Reduce effectiveness of health systems – violence
against staff• By preventable health burdens – alcohol related
crime, drug dependency and motor vehicle accidents.
Why work together: criminal justice & health
• Strong correlation between poor health, high levels of crime and poverty.
• Estimated that 15% of incidents dealt with by the police on a daily basis are mental health related.
• Estimated that the NHS spends over £1 billion on treating the victims of crime each year.
Why work together: the police as a public health placement
• Build partnerships – police, NHS, LA, VCS;• Bring a public health perspective and approach;• Bring public health skills;• Develop skills across the Public Health
Curriculum;• Improve health and reduce health inequalities;• Tackle the wider determinants of health;• Reduce crime and reoffending
How have we been working together?
• Learning disabilities prevalence study• Section 136 – Mental Health Act• Custody health needs assessment• Appropriate adults• Missing persons with mental health problems
West Yorkshire prison IOM hub
• 2009 vision of Chief Constable and Director of Offender Management– Closer to home– Intelligence informs resettlement
• Seconded Prison Governor
Why a prison hub?• Create a communication portal
• Close the communication gap – Nominal disappearing act !!
• Prioritisation of most prolific
• Co-ordination of support services
• Manage golden 24 hour period “Hands on”
Who’s in the Prison Hub.
• A Prison officer-linked in to offender management and security
• IOM Police officers-linked into community IOM teams
• Probation officers-managing under 12 month offenders
• VCS-Housing experts• Police intelligence researchers
How does it work - A New Vision• Significant nominals of concern are tracked
through custody – Prison IT system• Intelligence and information relating to
significant nominals is shared on admission and release.
• Release plans for all nominals of concern including intelligence packs.
• Bespoke intelligence packages include significant information on an offenders associates, Security information etc.
• Enhanced Intelligence inform Offender Management/Security in custody.
Recent Developments
• A multi agency hub at HMP Wealstun focusing on longer term nominals of concern.
• A West Yorkshire hub – Building on the HMP Leeds model. Linking, sharing information and forging relationships with any prison which houses PPO/IOM nominals who will return to West Yorkshire on release.
New Territory and Innovation• Prisons and Police in partnership – PbR.
• Identification of aspiring nominals in custody.
• Hubs at HMP New Hall and YOI Wetherby to close the communication gap in the juvenile and female prison estate.
• A prison hub in each force in the region, linking the prison and police region.
• Satellite tracking of nominals of concern.
West Yorkshire: Lessons Learnt the Hard Way
• Don’t underestimate the cultural differences.
• Don’t underestimate the pace of change !
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