Pathways to Release from Prison Sample Clauses

Pathways to Release from Prison. The Criminal Justice System (CJS) in England and Wales has numerous stages and a series of points that serve as exit points for those suspected or convicted of committing offences (Clinks, 2012; Grounds, 1995). Typically, prisoners will enter prison after being charged at a police station and the initiation of court based criminal proceedings. For the purpose of this thesis, it is most important to understand the pathways that prisoners with severe mental illness (SMI) take after they enter custody, and also the routes that they follow to transition back to the community. Consideration of these pathways provides important context to the difficulties that prisoners with SMI face on release, and the problems that mental health services face in providing appropriate levels of care. Despite the many stages in the CJS that precede custody, this thesis will focus on the exit points that have consequences for transition to the community, which is the focus of this study. It is perhaps most appropriate to think about a prisoner’s situation at the point of release and to work back from this to delineate the ways that the CJS can be transitioned through. Using this approach, prisoners with severe mental illness can be broadly divided into those who are released from court and those who are released from prison. Figure 1 provides a simplified illustration of this process and the various pathways to release are identified. Pathways leading to Release from Court Prisoners can be released from court for a number of reasons, but almost invariably they will be individuals who have been remanded in custody after entering a plea at a Magistrates’ Court (Grounds, 1995). After a period on remand, these prisoners will either return to a Magistrates’ or Crown Court for their trial to be heard, depending on the severity of their offence. In many cases, prisoners will attend court on a number of occasions and will return to custody on each occasion as their trial progresses. However, there are a few circumstances that will mean a prisoner is released immediately from court. This would be the case, for example, if a defendant is found not guilty, or if a trial collapses due to lack of evidence or procedural errors. It would also be the case if a defendant is found guilty of an offence but is given a sentence that is equal to, or less than, the period that has been spent on remand, or if a judge decides that a community sentence is more appropriate than a return to custody (Home Of...
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