'400 kill themselves' after being released from police custody The human rights watchdog has found that 400 people killed themselves shortly after being released from police custody in England and Wales in the last seven years, it has been reported.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said it had unearthed "serious gaps" in the care of people who had been in custody, with its chairman describing it as "fractured", according to the BBC.
Almost all the deaths happened within 48 hours of release from custody and around a third involved people who had been arrested over allegations of sexual abuse.
The EHRC is said to have urged the Government to consider transferring responsibility for healthcare in police stations to the NHS. The Daily Telegraph
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