Systems expertise
Estates
Over the years we have accrued a lot of know-how about delivering holistic offender healthcare in a wide variety of secure environments:
The function and state of police stations vary widely around the world
high-income country (HIC) and low-and-middle-income (LMIC) countries
police stations around the world
high secure estate (HSE) through to open prisons
remand jails and sentences prisons
open prisons
young offender institutions (YOIs)
low, medium & high secure forensic psychiatric units
probation hostels
Ill-treatment
Video conferences and official reports can get you so far, but you need to get inside a place of detention in order to answer certain questions
We see all manner of conditions - extremely rarely luxurious, sometimes acceptable, usually unacceptable, and sadly all too often so ghastly you can’t help but shed a silent tear. And we see all manner of treatment - ranging from (occasionally) faultless through to frankly torturous.
We are not a statutory inspection body, and so it is up to us how to deal with the ill-treatment we see. Within shame/honour cultures, we rarely approach it head on. And we always keep ill-treated detainees’ wishes at the heart of our decision making.
Assignments
We accept all manner of assignments, including but not limited to…
advising other organizations looking to develop their own offender services;
analysing acknowledged problems within other organizations;
assessing offender healthcare systems for strengths and weaknesses, benchmarked against international standards such as the Nelson Mandela Rules;
assessing secure environment healthcare professionals;
looking for medical evidence to corroborate a group of detainees’ allegations of torture and ill-treatment amongst a particular group of detainees. benchmarked against international human rights laws including the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the European Convention on Human Rights;
surveying the health needs of a particular population of detainees.
Standards
Our work is carried out according to The Code of Practice on Expert Evidence issued by the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine.
Fees
Our charges vary, but are always reasonable:
humanitarian cases: no charge or travel expenses only;
bespoke assignments: for negotiation;
commercial fees: up to £200/hour.
If you have a potential assignment for us, get in touch so we can talk in confidence.
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others,
as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.
1 Peter 4:10
