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Equal access to justice:
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Access to justice | in Policy and issues
Mind's campaign for equal access to justice for people with mental health problems.
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Mind takes up legal challenge of tackling mental health discrimination | in News Story
Mind has launched Time to Challenge, a groundbreaking legal project which will help people with mental health problems who have experienced discrimination to get their cases through the courts.
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Mind calls for an end to using police cells as a place of safety | in News Story
Mind is calling for an end to the practice of detaining people with mental health problems in police cells for up to 72 hours when they have committed no offence and are in urgent need of medical care.
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Mind comments on research into rates of escape from secure hospitals | in News Story
The vast majority of mental health patients in low to medium secure mental health hospitals have committed no offence at all.
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Campaign in your area | in Access to justice
You can support the Another Assault campaign if you are part of a local Mind association. Local groups are key to bringing about change in communities.
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A convenient truth | in Campaign report
Homicide by mental health patients has become a rare event in England and Wales, say Olav Nielssen and Matthew Large.
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Another assault | in Campaign report
The Another Assault report explores the extent of fear, crime and victimisation to which people with mental distress are exposed, and uncovers the barriers people with mental distress face in accessing criminal justice agencies.
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Access to justice is a basic human right | in Blog Post
We need a change in attitudes, towards a system that treats someone with a mental health problem as an equal citizen with equal access to justice.
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Care before compulsion best route to reduce risk, says Mind | in News Story
Providing treatment and care when people need it is the key to stopping tragedies, mental health charity Mind said today in response to the Department of Health's 'risk programme initiative' announcement.
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Mind's response to Joint Committee on Human Rights report | in News Story
This report is a damning indictment of Britain's jails. It brings home the inadequacy of the prison system in coping with the huge rise in vulnerable people awaiting trial or being sentenced to custody.
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Tackling hate crimes is a responsibility for us all | in Blog Post
The tragic case of Fiona Pilkington highlights the mountain we still have to climb to tackle the crime and victimisation of disabled people.
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Mind nominee given criminal justice award! | in News Story
Police officer recognised for introducing innovative mental health awareness training in Hackney.
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Safeguarding vulnerable adults | in News Story
Mind’s campaign to improve access to justice for people with mental health problems took a major step forward today.
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Improving people's court experiences | in Access to justice
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Police mental health champion wins social justice commendation | in News Story
PC Richard Harwin has been Commended by the Una Padel Award for his work with City and Hackney Mind.
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Mental illness and violence | in Blog Post
Marion Janner on substance abuse, stigma and sense of self.
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Share your story | in Our campaigns
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Another assault | in Blog Post
Victims and witnesses of crime with mental health problems still do not have equal access to justice.
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The future of mental health services? Don’t forget the current failures. | in Blog Post
Is abuse committed when people are in the care of mental health services is somehow less of a crime?
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Campaigning for ‘justice for all’ | in Blog Post
Today, campaigners will descend on parliament in a mass lobby of MPs. They will be united in outrage at the government’s plan to cut legal aid.
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Love legal aid this Valentine’s Day | in Blog Post
Mind, Justice for all and many MPs are fighting for the rights of people with experience of mental distress and others to have equal access to justice. But time is running out to influence Government.