Terance Radford
18 Jan 2022 · Coroner Laurinder Bower · Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire
The coroner's concerns
1. early release of high-risk prisoners from segregation
“The national Home Detention Curfew Policy Framework permits the release of eligible prisoners directly from the Prison's segregation unit, in circumstances where the prisoner has been placed in the segregation unit because the elevated risk of harm they pose to staff and other prisoners cannot be safely managed within the general prison population”
2. lack of risk assessment for harm to others
“The national Home Detention Curfew Policy does not expressly require consideration or assessment of the prisoner's risk of harm to others, beyond the suitability of the proposed release address”
3. absence of multi-agency risk information sharing
“The national Home Detention Curfew Policy contains no framework for multi- agency information sharing with regards to the assessment and management of risk for those deemed eligible for early release under the terms of the Policy”