Michael Poulton
13 Feb 2023 · Coroner Ian Singleton · Wiltshire and Swindon
The coroner's concerns
1. being taken into police custody away from home without money or transport
“People are being taken into Police custody, some distance from their home address, without having any money or means of communicating with family, or ready access to transport from the custody suite, to their home address”
2. lack of arrangements for return to home address
“It is requested that the position is reviewed as to what arrangements might be made to facilitate the return of people to their home address from the custody suite”