Mentally ill prisoners in peril due to hospital bed delays
by Tristan Kirk
Feb 17, 2024
2 minutes
Mentally ill prisoners are being put at risk due to delays of up to six months in finding them a hospital bed to receive treatment, a coroner has warned.
Sarah Bourke, an assistant coroner in Inner North London, said delays are “extremely common” when inmates at HMP Pentonville are in need of psychiatric help.
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