>> It's all there.
But in spite of all that it took 44hrs to 'realise' a prisoner who was vulnerable on account of being both a minor and mentally ill was not eating or drinking. That is the nub of the criticism. She should have been subject to much closer attention and on the ambulance>casualty route MUCH sooner.
While we all agree she shouldn't have been in a custody suite at all this stuff happens with monotonous regularity. Procedure should cover it but it didn't get applied properly in this case.
The report suggests that the Nottinghamshire force had a custody facility at Mansfield which was equipped for these sort of cases and she should have been there. Instead she was what sounds like a busy nick focussed on dealing 24/7 with acquisitive crime in the city centre and which could only worsen her already aggravated condition.
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