Contents
1 Context
About OPCAT
About the SPT
About NPMs
The UK’s NPM
Coordination
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2 The first year
Coming together
Mapping the NPM
External relations
Compliance with OPCAT
Challenges
Emerging issues
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3 Looking ahead: year two
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4 National Preventive Mechanism member profiles
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons
Independent Monitoring Boards
Independent Custody Visiting Association
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary
Care Quality Commission
Healthcare Inspectorate Wales
Children’s Commissioner for England
Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales
Office for Standards in Education
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary for Scotland
Scottish Human Rights Commission
Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care
Independent Custody Visitors Scotland
Independent Monitoring Boards (Northern Ireland)
Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland
Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority
Northern Ireland Policing Board Independent Custody Visiting Scheme
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5 Appendices
1 Written ministerial statement
2 NPM member websites and contact details
3 List of abbreviations
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