Mental health and death in custody: The Angiolini Review

Bruce-Jones, Eddie

Abstract

The author discusses the findings and recommendations of the first official review of practices and processes relating to and following police-related deaths in the UK. Dame Elish Angiolini’s 2017 report paid particular notice to mental health implications and the impact on families who had lost loved ones. Excerpts are provided here of remarks by Deborah Coles (of INQUEST) and Marcia Rigg (of the United Families and Friends Campaign) at the report’s launch – focusing on the call for automatic legal aid for families at inquests and the end to police conferring after an incident. Though not an abolitionist text, the author points to certain recommendations which could lead to less and less dangerous policing of vulnerable communities.

Citation

Bruce-Jones, E. (2021). Mental health and death in custody: The Angiolini Review. Race & Class, 62(3), 7 -17. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306396820968033

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 1, 2020
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2021
• Deposit Date: Apr 11, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 11, 2023
• Journal: Race and Class
• Print ISSN: 0306-3968
• Electronic ISSN: 1741-3125
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 62
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 7 -17
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0306396820968033
• Keywords: Race; Mental Health; State Violence; Policing
• Related Public URLs: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0306396820968033