Report on an unannounced inspection visit to police custody suites in Northamptonshire Police by HM Inspectorate of Prisons and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services 8–18 January 2018 This inspection was assisted by an inspector from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in assessing health services under our memorandum of understanding. Glossary of terms We try to make our reports as clear as possible, but if you find terms that you do not know, please see the glossary in our ‘Guide for writing inspection reports’ on our website at: http://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/about-our-inspections/ Crown copyright 2018 This publication, excluding logos, is licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. To view this licence, visit nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3 or write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archives, Kew, London TW9 4DU, or email:
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[email protected] This publication is available for download at: http://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/ or http://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmicfrs/ Printed and published by: Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services 2 Northamptonshire police custody suites Contents Contents Fact page 5 Executive summary 7 Introduction 13 Section 1.