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This inspection, undertaken jointly by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) and Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS), aimed to assess the treatment of, and conditions for, individuals detained in police custody centres in the Highland and Islands local policing division.
The report provides an analysis of the quality of custody centre operations and the provision of healthcare services.
It outlines key findings identified during our inspection and makes four new recommendations for Police Scotland concerning custody operations. It highlights previous recommendations made in recent inspections of other custody centres across Scotland where the same, or similar, issues were found to be evident.
The report also makes 36 recommendations across the four health boards that have responsibility for healthcare provision in the custody centres visited by our inspectors.
Additional
Previous recommendations
The following provides an outline of recommendations that we have made in previous custody inspection reports, which continue to have equally significant relevance for Highland and Islands custody centres. These have been highlighted within this report where relevant.
Custody inspection report (Recommendation number) |
Recommendation date |
Paragraph reference |
|---|---|---|
Lanarkshire (2) |
20 April 2023 |
53 |
08 November 2023 |
68 |
|
Greater Glasgow (1) |
06 March 2025 |
75 |
Greater Glasgow (3) |
06 March 2025 |
95 |
Ayrshire (1) |
30 May 2024 |
101 |
Lanarkshire (3) |
20 April 2023 |
122 |
Tayside (3) |
20 July 2023 |
128 |
08 November 2023 |
132 |