Committed to Rights

1. Good practice case study - Decisions while awaiting trial – the impact of good intervention.

‘It was the first time (in foster care)
anyone had asked me how I felt.’

2. Good practice case study - Sentencing.

‘They put me on a supervision order and I used to see my worker every week and I could talk to her about my problems and things – she was alright.’

3. Good practice case study - Induction into the Secure Estate.

‘You just feel like a catalogue delivery,
like you’re nothing – just given a number.’

4. Good practice case study - Throughcare – bullying.

‘It’s whoever is on the unit at the time,
if you get a safe bunch then it’s OK, if not you’re f -----.’

5. Good practice case study - Throughcare – having a say.

‘He called me into the office and said ‘look forget I’m the Governor, what’s the problem, how can I help.’

6. Good practice case study - Throughcare – mental health.

‘I don’t just need medication,
I need someone to talk to who will help me.’

7. Good practice case study - Throughcare – meeting needs – the importance of meeting cultural, religious and other individual needs.

‘You have to pretend to be the same as the others;
otherwise they accuse you of wanting special treatment.’

8. Good practice case study - Throughcare – resettlement – the importance of preparation for release.

‘I felt like a lost sheep when I got out.
I didn’t know whether to go this way or that;
me head were in bits, I didn’t know what to do or where to go.’

9. Good practice case study - Throughcare - young women in custody

'We may think we are women, but deep down we are still kids'