Theresa May pledges £15m to keep mentally ill people out of police cells Home secretary to put cash into health facilities for 4,000 people a year detained under Mental Health Act and ban children being held.
The home secretary, Theresa May, is to pledge up to £15m of new funding to provide health-based alternatives for the 4,000 people a year who spend time in detention in police cells under the Mental Health Act.
In her first speech since being reappointed home secretary, May will tell the Police Federation conference on Wednesday that a new policing and sentencing bill, to be included in next week’s Queen’s speech, will include legislation to ban the use of police cells to detain any children with mental health problems. Continue reading... The Guardian
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