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Women's experiences of the criminal justice system—evidence session 2
Fine. Okay. Dee, do you have anything that you want to add on this?
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Women's experiences of the criminal justice system—evidence session 2
Lots of research on this, so if you could all be brief in your answers. Who wants to go first? Chantal, do you want to go first?
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Women's experiences of the criminal justice system—evidence session 2
Chantal, some women enter the prison system not knowing they are pregnant, and that only arises afterwards. Is there anything you are able to add on how well we accommodate pregnant women?
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Women's experiences of the criminal justice system—evidence session 2
Do you want to go first, and then we'll bring in the other two?
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Women's experiences of the criminal justice system—evidence session 2
Thank you. Can we turn now to Altaf Hussain, who's got some questions about the impact on parenting?
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Women's experiences of the criminal justice system—evidence session 2
Sarah Murphy, you wanted to ask a question on this.
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Women's experiences of the criminal justice system—evidence session 2
Okay. Jo, anything that you want to add to that?
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Women's experiences of the criminal justice system—evidence session 2
Okay. We'll follow it up. The autumn comes to the end of this month, in my book, but it has been known for things to slide. Before we move on, I just want to ask two specifics. One is on why it is that women in Wales who've been using buprenorphine to manage…
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Women's experiences of the criminal justice system—evidence session 2
Okay, just to clarify, this is the report that you said was due to be published in the autumn. Is that right?
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Women's experiences of the criminal justice system—evidence session 2
Shall we ask Chantal to come in first, then?
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Women's experiences of the criminal justice system—evidence session 2
Who would like to go first?
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Women's experiences of the criminal justice system—evidence session 2
Very good. Thank you very much. Can I bring Sioned Williams in now?
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Women's experiences of the criminal justice system—evidence session 2
Jane Dodds, I don't think you missed too much of the initial question, so please ask what you wanted to ask before we lost you.
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Women's experiences of the criminal justice system—evidence session 2
Thank you very much. We seem to have lost Jane Dodds. Is that right? So, can I go to you, Ken Skates, to talk about adverse childhood experiences? Hopefully Jane will rejoin us shortly.
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Women's experiences of the criminal justice system—evidence session 2
Okay. No worries. Okay, thank you. Can I just ask Jane—? Oh, sorry, Sarah, did you want to add to that?
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Women's experiences of the criminal justice system—evidence session 2
Okay. Is there anything you can elaborate on as to why these residential centres have been successful in England, as Jo said?
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Women's experiences of the criminal justice system—evidence session 2
Okay. Thank you for that. Can I call on Sarah Murphy to ask some questions now on the specifics?
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Women's experiences of the criminal justice system—evidence session 2
Okay. So, you don't have any specific knowledge of how the system works for Welsh women.
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Women's experiences of the criminal justice system—evidence session 2
Okay. So, I think my concern is about the pace of change for diverting women from ending up in prison, with all the upheavals that that causes for them and their family, particularly where very short sentences are involved, where it's completely pointless…
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Women's experiences of the criminal justice system—evidence session 2
The latest blueprint update was published in May—lots of fine aspirations, not a lot of detail about what's actually been achieved. So, I wonder, Jo, if you can tell us a little bit about how the Cordis Bright and ORS evaluations are actually influencing the…
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Women's experiences of the criminal justice system—evidence session 2
Very good. Jo Hopkins, obviously, the biggest issues for women in prison are both adverse childhood experiences, mental health and addiction issues. So, do you think that this blueprint starts to address those issues and the way we handle them?
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Women's experiences of the criminal justice system—evidence session 2
Okay. Fine. We may want to come back on those statements. Dee or Jo, do either of you want to comment on this? You don't have to comment on every single thing if you agree with previous speakers.
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Women's experiences of the criminal justice system—evidence session 2
I'd like to welcome our witnesses for our inquiry into women's experience of the criminal justice system. This is our second evidence session, and I'd like to welcome Chantal Edge, who's a consultant in public health for the UK Health Security Agency, who's…
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Introductions, apologies and substitutions
Good afternoon. Welcome to the Equality and Social Justice Committee. Before we take evidence from our witnesses today, I just wondered if there are any declarations of interest from Members. I don't see any. We've had no apologies; every Member is present.
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