The Courts use the provisions in the Bail Act 1976 to remand people to prison for their own protection or welfare only because proper alternatives in the community are not available. We are concerned about the lack of safeguards under this provision, the length of time men, women and children may be remanded, and the unsuitability of prison for them. The use of prisons in this way is wrong in principle. (Paragraph 103) Mental health in prison 31

The Courts use the provisions in the Bail Act 1976 to remand people to prison for their own protection or welfare only because proper alternatives in the community are not available. We are concerned about the lack of safeguards under this provision, the length of time men, women and children may be remanded, and the unsuitability of prison for them. The use of prisons in this way is wrong in principle. (Paragraph 103) Mental health in prison 31 Type: conclusion | Number: 32 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: The Government needs to fully consider all of the impacts of repealing this power in order to ensure its removal would not result in any vulnerable defendants coming to harm. We are therefore currently reviewing the use of the power in order to better understand the full range of areas in which the