Thursday 11 September 2014

Glen Parva suicidal detainee 'not kept safe' (BBC Leic 11th Sep 2014)

BBC Local News: 

"Steven Davison died in YOI Glen Parva, Leicestershire, where he was detained after threatening to stab himself. …" “Mr Davison had originally been arrested for possession of an offensive weapon after threatening to kill himself. His mother said: “When he was sentenced, he said in court he would kill himself. “The judge said he would have to go [to Glen Parva] because there were no mental health beds so he would have to go on suicide watch.”

—- “The suicide risk factors and potential triggers included: -His discharge from a psychiatric facility, prior to being imprisoned -Self-harming …” —

J, herself suicidal, at present a resident in a Leicestershire “psychiatric facility” brought these articles to my attention today.


This all sounds very tragic and preventable. Glen Parva YOI has a shocking record of at least 26 suicides that we know of since 1988. It doesn’t sound as if this man should have been there in the first place. One thing we may never hear about is the conditions of his discharge from a psychiatric facility (possibly in Leicestershire, possibly run by the Leics Partnership NHS Trust)
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