We are absolutely thrilled to announce that just prior to Christmas, the Policing Minister Sarah Jones wrote to ICVA giving us a Home Office commitment to reviewing the Code of Practice for independent custody visiting.  We know that you will be excited and welcome this announcement as we have.      As you will all know, as […]

Independent custody visitors are the most frequent monitors of police custody across the UK, over 1,300 volunteers making unannounced visits to police custody, week in, week out (some visits have happened on Christmas Day and New Years Eve), whatever the time of year to check on the rights, entitlements and wellbeing of those held in […]

Each year I look back and often talk about the successes we have had at ICVA, the workstreams achieved and the incredible work of schemes and ICVs. This year….. will be absolutely no different!!!! We have so much to be proud of again this year and I am going to unashamedly share it with you […]

ICVA today publishes an impact report highlighting the important work being done to better support women held in police custody, marking World Menopause Day 2024. ICVA, a national membership organisation for independent monitoring of police custody, has issued an impact report today on recent work in collaboration with Sussex Office of the Police and Crime […]

ICVA surveys schemes about important issues in custody visiting on a monthly basis. This month ICVA has focussed on measuring the impact that Sussex OPCC, with assistance from ICVA, along with the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) and College of Policing (CoP) have had in their work on lighting levels in custody. This report gives […]

The below blog is a brief interview with two wonderful ICVs from the Cleveland scheme who discuss their experience of bringing along their service dog Kelly on visits. We would like to thank them for their contribution to the scheme and custody visiting as a whole and for their time to write this lovely blog […]