Health care in police watch-houses: a challenge and an opportunity
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Brandenburg, Caitlin
Kinner, Stuart A
Heffernan, Ed
Byrnes, Joshua
Lincoln, Cathy
Gardiner, Paul
Davidson, Peter
Somerville, Annabel
Wilson, Daniel
Green, David
Thomas, Stuart
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Police watch-house detainees have complex health needs that involve multiple agencies and require coordinated, interagency solutions
Police watch-houses (Queensland term) are buildings designed “for the temporary holding of prisoners before prisoners are released or transferred to a corrective services facility or detention centre”.1 They may also be used to hold people who are intoxicated, appear mentally ill, or are awaiting trial.2 Watch-houses are also referred to as police cells, station cells, lock-ups, holding cells, jails, and custody suites in other Australian jurisdictions and countries. “Temporary” means “overnight or for 24 hours or longer”,1 and can be as long as 4 weeks.2, 3 In Queensland, watch-houses are staffed primarily by police officers, in some cases assisted by civilian watch-house officers.
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Medical Journal of Australia
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217
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6
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© 2022 The Authors. Medical Journal of Australia published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of AMPCo Pty Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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Crilly, JL; Brandenburg, C; Kinner, SA; Heffernan, E; Byrnes, J; Lincoln, C; Gardiner, P; Davidson, P; Somerville, A; Wilson, D; Green, D; Thomas, S, Health care in police watch-houses: a challenge and an opportunity, Medical Journal of Australia, 2022, 217 (6), pp. 287-289