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Independent Custody Visitors have been busy last quarter (October-December 2024) checking on the human rights and welfare of people kept in police custody. See the report 👇@CustodyVisiting

We are looking for new volunteers to join our excellent panel of Independent Custody Visitors. Visit our website for more information and to apply - https://t.co/csAp22mcjb

Jonathan Evison and Leo Hammond shadowed our Independent Custody Visitors on their weekly custody visits at Grimsby and Hull Custody suites. ICVs attend custody to check on the welfare of detainees and that their rights and entitlements are met. Visit https://t.co/yBszA3DqJe

15th UK NPM annual report published today! 21 NPM bodies publish hundreds of 100 reports each year on visits and research. This report outlines commonalities between them to point to systemic issues in settings of deprivation of liberty across the UK https://t.co/ppYz1dDjm9

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Recently, we welcomed our Independent Custody Visiting Volunteers (ICVs) to South Wales Police Head Quarters for our annual ICV Conference. We would like to take this opportunity to thank volunteers for all that they do 😊

A huge thank you to all the amazing Independent Custody Visitors (ICVs) who volunteer their time to ensure detainee welfare and dignity in police custody! Here's an example of the amazing impact they have #InternationalVolunteerDay2024

🌍ICYMI on #WorldMenopauseDay Friday, we launched a new toolkit developed in collaboration with @CustodyVisiting & @SussexICV to help monitors assess risks & impacts of menopause in detention. Read more: https://t.co/FiVqd0awby… #MenopauseInDetention #WomensHealth #HumanRights

Today ICVA publishes an impact report highlighting the important work being done to better support women held in police custody, marking #WorldMenopauseDay 2024. Read the full report here: https://t.co/vQ9vyN6Rud #menopause #worldmenopause #ICVA #menopauseawareness #custody

We were delighted, along with @SussexICV, to be part of developing this important toolkit for monitors across detention types in the UK. Please do take a look at this resource if you are one of the over 3,000 monitors of places of detention!

Yesterday we attended the @UniNorthants Career Expo to speak to students about joining the lndependent Custody Visiting (ICV) scheme. ICV volunteers play a vital role in speaking to those in custody to check on their welfare. Find out more here: https://t.co/RXj1XTMxv2

📢 CLOSING MONDAY 16th SEPT 📢 Less than a week to apply to join us at the UK NPM! ⬇️⬇️

Did you know the Authority has a team of Independent Custody Visitors working across the country monitoring the welfare of people detained in police custody by @PoliceScotland? Find out more about ICVS and their activities during 2023-24 here: https://t.co/4J3wCWurJ9

A unique opportunity to join the National Preventive Mechanism as a Support Officer starting in Winter 2024. Find out more and apply here: https://t.co/HIsi9jqSrY

🚨 Job alert 🚨 Come and work with the National Preventive Mechanism in this new full time support officer role. A really exciting time to work across our work streams preventing torture and ill-treatment in places of detention ⬇️ https://t.co/Vlo58F0zaN

🌟Our Independent Custody visitors continue to support all detainees across #leicester #leicestershire and #rutland. Volunteering their time to check on welfare, rights and provide a listening ear. Thank you for your outstanding commitment 💖 @CustodyVisiting

Honoured to be following on from such esteemed previous Chairs of the @UKNPM Please see below.