We note from the Government’s response to our ‘Mental health in prison’ Report that it is conducting a review into the use of powers to remand an individual to 78 Women in Prison custody for their own protection under the Bail Act 1976. The Ministry of Justice should set out what the scope is for the review, and the timeframe for its completion and publication.

We note from the Government’s response to our ‘Mental health in prison’ Report that it is conducting a review into the use of powers to remand an individual to 78 Women in Prison custody for their own protection under the Bail Act 1976. The Ministry of Justice should set out what the scope is for the review, and the timeframe for its completion and publication. Type: recommendation | Number: 24 | Paragraph: 132 | Response status: accepted Government response: We accept this recommendation. MoJ and HMPPS have accepted and completed all of the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) recommendations from the reports into the tragic deaths of Baby A and Baby B, and have since published a new policy on Pregnancy, Mother and Baby Units and Maternal Separation fr