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Make mental health screening mandatory for young and adult offenders.

Submitted on Friday 9th November 2018

Published on Thursday 15th November 2018

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 15th May 2019

Signatures: 31

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Police ~ Prison ~ Tax ~ UK

Petition Action

Make mental health screening mandatory for young and adult offenders.

Petition Details

For too long people going through a mental health crisis are not given the needed support which results in them being put through the criminal justice system instead. This petition is asking for a mental health report to be mandatory before an offender appears before the courts.

Additional Information

According to the National Audit Office in 2016 37% of prisoners in the UK where suffering from a mental health crisis in 2016. They also stated that in the same year there was 120 self inflicted deaths, and a reported 40,161 self harm incidents reported. The cost to the tax payer is staggering and these issues are causing unprecedented pressure on our prison and police services.


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