The needs of many people with learning disabilities are going unnoticed when they are arrested by police, go to court and are sentenced, according to independent inspectors. Today they published the report of a joint inspection into people with learning disabilities within the criminal justice system which said their needs should be recognised and addressed.

Read ‘A joint inspection of the treatment of offenders with learning disabilities within the criminal justice system – phase 1 from arrest to sentence’

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